Here is my Mammoth recap from Friday September 21st.
The day started early for me. Beep, beep, beep…3:00 AM. I hopped in the shower, got dressed and then into my loaded truck. I packed so much stuff that there was only room for me and my bike…DOH!
Come 3:30 AM I hit the road. My mission was to meet up with Denmother and Roger in Mammoth for an extra day of riding. (They had headed up the night before.)
Sometime after sunrise I got a call for Denmother asking me where I was on the drive. (They had stayed the night in Bishop.) She asked if I wanted to meet them for breakfast at Jack’s. I said sure. Sometime before 8:00 I pulled into Bishop for breakfast. Denmother, Roger and I went in and got a table. After we were settled a guy walks over and asked if he can join us. Sure, it turned out to be Hoosierdaddy.
Good food, a little more driving and we arrive.
Getting ready to ride:
Denmother:
CPT Amer…Roger:
We did our first two runs down Velocity. This would be my favorite trail of the weekend. Fun, short and easily accessible. (Translates into many runs.)
Exiting McCoy (mid point)
Heading back up – Hoosierdaddy, Denmother & Roger:
On our third run we jumped off at McCoy and took Brake Through and other trails down into town:
Denmother testing out her 34 tooth ring while Roger tests out his shoes:
Hoosierdaddy plays in the rock garden on Bullet:
Next it was time to meet up with the rest of the STR early birds for run down Lower Rock Creek. (This would be my first time.) Heck, this was my first trip to Mammoth in 5 years.
Because of impending rain, I switched to my point and shoot camera.
Denmother, Tacoed_youth, Allison & TKblazer getting ready:
Mechmann, JasonMason & Tacoed_youth:
Allison – “I love it when it is cold and wet.”:
Lower Rock Creek seems to be 3 parts down for every 1 part up. Flowy at first, then chunky towards the end.
Denmother & Mechmann waiting for the others to catch up:
Here the group waits at the end of the first section. From left to right: JasonMason, Denmother, TKblazer, Meckmann, CC & Hoosierdaddy:
What we didn’t know was that chauvinist_youth had tacoed his front wheel. Roger, Mechmann and others were able to straighten it out good enough for him to finish the ride.
Some ride/hike shots:
Regroup:
JasonMason – Dreaming about a bigger bike:
TKblazer:
Allison sets up for a group photo:
Boys, I think we are about to see a show:
CC in action:
Hoosierdaddy – Man of many ride kits and skills:
Allison sequence – STR ratings going through the roof!
Finally, Mechmann:
That’s it for day 1. I will get to day’s 2 and 3 later on. (The good stuff.)
Oh, Friday night we ate at some bar. Luckily we caught the 50% off happy hour discount for our meal. It was probably the worst meal I have ever attempted to eat. I mean, I could have broken a tooth on a french fry there.
"This stinks! This is total BS!" - Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe