They say experience is the teacher of all things. For those that are local and are lucky enough to ride up Mt.Diablo ya'll now how it was riding up Mt.Diablo for the first time. After the ranger station you get one of those "What the hell am I doing?" moments. Being a teacher I have the unique opportunity to share my experiences with my students. Most of the time I share my cycling experience unwillingly. Most of my students dread to hear "another adventure of Mr.Acosta". But some of them actually listen and are willing to go along with me to some of these adventures. One of my former students, Jesus, a fairly talented and strong sprinter wanted to ride the three ridable mountains of the bay area. Having conquered Mt. Hamilton at his leisure he wanted to try his hand at climbing Mt.Diablo. Being the word of reason I told him just let me know I'm down to take him whenever. Being the sickest that I've been the whole year he calls me asking if Diablo is okay to ride this weekend. Not really sure if the weather was going to hold up or if I was even able to make it up the mountain, I do that right thing and tell him lets do it. Not having a ride to the closest bart Jesus wakes up early and rides the 20ish miles to bart prior to riding Mt.Diablo. Being in Walnut Creek nothing really tops a ride up Mt.Diablo then with a short pre- ride trip to Rivendell HQ. Got to see boxer Elizabeth and her new Bruise-Blue Hillborne. Also got to meet Sean who was getting his last parts for his birthday Hillborne he wanted to finish that day. The ride itself was typical. Cold, windy, hard with a little bit of snow frost at the top. My only reprieve for almost coughing my lungs out at the top of the foggy and windy top is that Jesus got to experience this for himself. After another short stop at RivHQ (forgot to pick up Eben Weiss' new book), foam saddle pack by Vince and a little bit of camera dueling with Harry, it was a "short" bart ride back to Fremont. Jesus being young and crazy decides to ride back to San Jose despite just climbing over 4000+ feet of elevation. Now the kid wants to ride up Mt.Tam. This kid might kill me.
Pictures Proved it Happened: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzbiXa8 -Manny "Coughing so much I'm getting abs." Acosta -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
