RR: FART(*)

Fast And Rippin' Trail, as opposed to our original plan of SART.

We ended up doing Backbone between Kanan and Corral today. JD showed up at
the house around 10am and after a few last minute bike adjustments by me we
were on our way, unfortunately JD's 1/4 cup of coffee didn't last as long as
my few bits of maintenance.

Looked to be a perfect day weatherwise.

Quite a few people at the trailhead but thankfully everyone we encountered
on the trail was pretty cool. The initial pitch up to the top of T3 kind of
blew me out and it took the next 2 hours for me to recover from it. I was
really slow, even on the flat and downhill sections between Kanan and
Latigo. From Latigo we cruised up the motorway rather than the trail and we
walked a bit since I still was feeling really sluggish and a little off
(gotta get more sleep). When we dropped down to the top of the Solstice
section I was debating making that our turnaround point but after a rest of
a few minutes of rest we were on our way dropping into Solstice, and
Solstice should definitely not have been skipped today. It was a blast.
Without water in the creek all the creek crossings were cleaned by the both
of us.

We were soon at the turn out of Solstice and on our way to Corral. Here's
JD cleaning a nice stepup on the minor climb out of Solstice:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry2.jpg

At Corral we decided to retrace our steps on Backbone rather than climbing
Castro Motorway and it was an excellent choice. The section from Corral
back to the bottom of Solstice Canyon is just rippin'. Again, heading back
up Solstice we cleaned everything except for the very last creek crossing
(since I'm an idiot and forgot that I had switched my focus button from the
shutter release to another button on my camera those were way out of focus).

Here's JD rolling up and over a couple of cobblestones about half way up the
canyon:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry3.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry4.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry5.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry6.jpg

Thankfully I was back up to speed climbing Solstice but it still wasn't
enough to keep JD in sight, he flew up the overly sanitized Solstice
switchbacks after the last of the creek crossings. The next sections before
and after Latigo were fast and furious, and then it was a mellow climb back
to the top of T3 with the short, rocky descent to the truck.

Greg

G.T. wrote:

Fast And Rippin' Trail, as opposed to our original plan of SART.

We ended up doing Backbone between Kanan and Corral today. JD showed up at
the house around 10am and after a few last minute bike adjustments by me we
were on our way, unfortunately JD's 1/4 cup of coffee didn't last as long as
my few bits of maintenance.

Looked to be a perfect day weatherwise.

Quite a few people at the trailhead but thankfully everyone we encountered
on the trail was pretty cool. The initial pitch up to the top of T3 kind of
blew me out and it took the next 2 hours for me to recover from it. I was
really slow, even on the flat and downhill sections between Kanan and
Latigo. From Latigo we cruised up the motorway rather than the trail and we
walked a bit since I still was feeling really sluggish and a little off
(gotta get more sleep). When we dropped down to the top of the Solstice
section I was debating making that our turnaround point but after a rest of
a few minutes of rest we were on our way dropping into Solstice, and
Solstice should definitely not have been skipped today. It was a blast.
Without water in the creek all the creek crossings were cleaned by the both
of us.

We were soon at the turn out of Solstice and on our way to Corral. Here's
JD cleaning a nice stepup on the minor climb out of Solstice:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry2.jpg

At Corral we decided to retrace our steps on Backbone rather than climbing
Castro Motorway and it was an excellent choice. The section from Corral
back to the bottom of Solstice Canyon is just rippin'. Again, heading back
up Solstice we cleaned everything except for the very last creek crossing
(since I'm an idiot and forgot that I had switched my focus button from the
shutter release to another button on my camera those were way out of focus).

Here's JD rolling up and over a couple of cobblestones about half way up the
canyon:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry3.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry4.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry5.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry6.jpg

Thankfully I was back up to speed climbing Solstice but it still wasn't
enough to keep JD in sight, he flew up the overly sanitized Solstice
switchbacks after the last of the creek crossings. The next sections before
and after Latigo were fast and furious, and then it was a mellow climb back
to the top of T3 with the short, rocky descent to the truck.

Greg


Nice pictures; I'm assuming the 350d?

And does JD have cataracts... there was a much easier line to the right :-p
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Slack

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G.T. wrote:


http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry2.jpg

At Corral we decided to retrace our steps on Backbone rather than
climbing
Castro Motorway and it was an excellent choice. The section from Corral
back to the bottom of Solstice Canyon is just rippin'. Again, heading
back
up Solstice we cleaned everything except for the very last creek
crossing
(since I'm an idiot and forgot that I had switched my focus button from
the
shutter release to another button on my camera those were way out of
focus).

Here's JD rolling up and over a couple of cobblestones about half way up
the
canyon:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry3.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry4.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry5.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry6.jpg


Nice pictures; I'm assuming the 350d?


Yeah, and whenever I haven't used it recently I forget where I put my focus
button. It's pure luck that the above photos are almost in focus. The rest
were a waste of time.

And does JD have cataracts... there was a much easier line to the right
:-p

Yeah, and all that talk about how a rigid SS forces you to take the smooth
line.

Oh yeah, I forgot my (*) in the original post:

(*) Kimberly's ride name suggestion since she wanted me to just get started
on this damned RR so we could watch a movie. Too many beans last night.

Greg

G.T. wrote:
(*) Kimberly's ride name suggestion since she wanted me to just get started
on this damned RR so we could watch a movie. Too many beans last night.

Greg


I thought it was a reference to the old FARTs who didn't want to ride
the SART today.

JD

He's got legs and he know how to use them.

JD wrote:
G.T. wrote:
(*) Kimberly's ride name suggestion since she wanted me to just get
started on this damned RR so we could watch a movie. Too many beans
last night.

Greg


I thought it was a reference to the old FARTs who didn't want to ride
the SART today.

Talk to Miles.

G.T. Wrote:
Fast And Rippin' Trail, as opposed to our original plan of SART.

Snip a great RR
Greg

Nice write up and pics...

Thanks!

Jimbo(san)


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Jimbo(san)

G.T. wrote:
snip

We were soon at the turn out of Solstice and on our way to Corral. Here's
JD cleaning a nice stepup on the minor climb out of Solstice:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry2.jpg

At Corral we decided to retrace our steps on Backbone rather than climbing
Castro Motorway and it was an excellent choice. The section from Corral
back to the bottom of Solstice Canyon is just rippin'. Again, heading back
up Solstice we cleaned everything except for the very last creek crossing
(since I'm an idiot and forgot that I had switched my focus button from the
shutter release to another button on my camera those were way out of focus).

Here's JD rolling up and over a couple of cobblestones about half way up the
canyon:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry3.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry4.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry5.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/backbone/jerry6.jpg

Thankfully I was back up to speed climbing Solstice but it still wasn't
enough to keep JD in sight, he flew up the overly sanitized Solstice
switchbacks after the last of the creek crossings. The next sections before
and after Latigo were fast and furious, and then it was a mellow climb back
to the top of T3 with the short, rocky descent to the truck.

Greg



Ooh, nice and buff . Schweet!

Matt

G.T. wrote:
Yeah, and all that talk about how a rigid SS forces you to take the smooth
line.


The nature of that trail is mostly a-technical, so those sections were
a fun diversion.

As soon as I fix my camera upload issue, the pics I took will be
posted. Friggin high speed USB port is not working, so I need to break
down and get a new card for uploading without using the camera.

JD