On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:56:11 -0800, Zoot Katz wrote:
Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:55:00 -0800, Ryan Cousineau
wrote:
(Tom Keats) wrote:
Ryan Cousineau writes:
Sun-tzu said:
"There are roads that are not followed.
Wherever these roads are, they're sure not in Vancouver.
Or Burnaby. Even if there are "Detour" or "Road Closed"
signs up, nobody believes 'em.
I think it's a translation problem. In the book, it seems like the
meaning is "there are roads that should not be followed."
I have traversed a few "closed" roads in my time, but have faced at
least one that stuck me entirely.
I love it when you can pick up your bike, step over, under or around a
barrier and keep going.
On my commute to work, few years ago, they had ripped up the road dead
center of my commute. Going around it involved either using a 1950's
concrete road (which hadn't been maintained since the 1940's, kathunk-
kathunk-kathunk) with high traffic or add several miles with heavier
traffic. Since it was a 30 mile commute (each way) adding miles was
not in my best interest.
So I investigated the construction site and figured out how to ride
though it. One day while on the return cummute I started down the
closed road. Shortly after getting on the road I heard a commotion and
in my mirror I was a car turn onto the same road. Turned out to be
some kids that wanted to have some fun at my expense. Thing was I knew
the road (and the recent 'repairs') and they didn't. The paved section
quickly disappeared and they had a rough slow ride which seemed to
aggrevate the hell out of them. But they kept coming, bottoming out,
hitting large holes, etc. I was in fear for my life because these boys
didn't seem to much in the way of IQ. They chased me for a mile and a
half. At this point the road had a pit which what about 8 feet deep
(they were flatting out an intersection). I knew the path through it
and dropped in (there was no way of avoiding it) and rode through.
They came to an emergency stop just short of the pit. I just kept
going. While I wasn't happy about the chase I was pleased with my
performace and the outcome. :-)
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