This is awesome! I wish I know more creeks the movies look fun! On Feb 27, 5:32 pm, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul on his Sam Hillborne and I re-rode the trail we discovered two > weeks ago, but this time shortened the approach by driving his truck > about 15km south of town so that we could explore a bit further before > I had to get back to teach yoga. Paul also brought along his friend > Rob, who borrowed my 1991 Gary Fisher Sphinx 29er (not a typo). > Actually it was sold back then with 38mm knobbies and drop bars as a > monstercross (another category that didn't exist in '91), but > recently I put some Jones H-bars and XC Comp thumb shifters on for > more technical off-road riding, and 50mm Marathon XRs. > > Photos start here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/gernothuber/page2/ > > We skipped the long dirt mountain pass, and rolled up the little > remote valley in beautiful warm morning light, made even softer by the > high air pollution from burned-off fields and forest understory. We > zoomed past the Wat and were able to get more than twice as far up the > dirt trail this time, and hit 68 instead of 30 stream crossings. We > once again had to turn around because of time constraints, as we spent > too much time taking photos, but by the time we turned around, the > trail was mostly non-existent, running straight up the creek bed for > hundreds of feet at a time, with only occasional on-land sections. But > occasional ATV tire tracks where the trail entered and exited the > creek showed us that it is actually in use, and that the locals really > just drive up the creek. A few times the water was deep enough to > submerge the hubs, but we kept going. Coming back down the trail, > without stopping for photos, took us 35 minutes, during which we > crossed the creek 34 > times, so not quite one crossing per minute! > > Back on the road, once again racing against time, I almost ran over a > 6 to 7 foot snake of unidentified species. I am pretty sure it was > neither a cobra nor a python, but that's about all I can say. It > looked grey with longitudinal stripes. It came out of nowhere crossing > the road just in front of me, and braking with all I had I stopped > less than a foot from it. Fortunately it just wanted to get away. Once > again the Hetres on my rSogn did great, only failing on steep slick > clay exits out of the creek. > > Gernot "68 stream and 1 snake crossing" Huber > Chiang Mai, Thailand
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