I rode part of Rabbit Mountain today. All of the rain has exposed much more rock, making the tough parts just that much tougher. I got stopped a lot.
Anyway, a good chunk of the way up the ascent to the Overlook trail, two women coming down stopped on the side so that I could get by them. As I passed them, panting loudly through a grimace of exertion, one of them called out, "You're crazy!" I said, "Thank you!"
That one little "You're crazy" gave me the motivation to get to the top without stopping again. Yeah, I'm crazy! Yeah, I'm doing something most people wouldn't have the guts to do! It feels good.
-- monique
"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain
That one little "You're crazy" gave me the motivation to get to the top without stopping again. Yeah, I'm crazy! Yeah, I'm doing something most people wouldn't have the guts to do! It feels good.
Funny how climbing gets into your system. Anybody can ride downhill, at least on most downhills. There have been a few cases where people were honestly shocked to see me going up a trail that most consider downhill-only, and I always got some strange pleasure out of that.
I guess its just a personal challenge thing; I don't think anyone is maso enough to say its "fun", but we just keep doing it. It took me about two years to finally do that climb non-stop, though - and when I did finally do it, I was so drained that I had no enery left to celebrate!
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That one little "You're crazy" gave me the motivation to get to the top without stopping again. Yeah, I'm crazy! Yeah, I'm doing something most people wouldn't have the guts to do! It feels good.
Funny how climbing gets into your system. Anybody can ride downhill, at least on most downhills. There have been a few cases where people were honestly shocked to see me going up a trail that most consider downhill-only, and I always got some strange pleasure out of that.
Plenty of bikes make it up this trail; it's not like it's a big deal *for people who ride their bikes on trails regularly*. It's not even terribly long. But according to the average joe, it's apparently crazy =)
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I guess its just a personal challenge thing; I don't think anyone is maso enough to say its "fun", but we just keep doing it. It took me about two years to finally do that climb non-stop, though - and when I did finally do it, I was so drained that I had no enery left to celebrate!
It's the feeling of accomplishment that you get from beating a challenge. It's a rush. Not "fun," no, but a deeper type of satisfaction.
-- monique
"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain
I guess its just a personal challenge thing; I don't think anyone is maso enough to say its "fun", but we just keep doing it. It took me about two years to finally do that climb non-stop, though - and when I did finally do it, I was so drained that I had no enery left to celebrate!
It's the feeling of accomplishment that you get from beating a challenge. It's a rush. Not "fun," no, but a deeper type of satisfaction.
I got the same thrill today. I was climing up a ridge and passed some newbie looking downhill riders who had gotten a shuttle up to the top. We stopped and chatted. When I mentinod my starting point down in the valley, their eyes widened, then they offered me some of their water.
Sometimes, you just climb for the feeling of accomplishment. It hurts while you're riding, but feels great afterwards. If you're riding solo, it can be an even better feeling, because you could have turned around at any time and headed back down the mountain and nobody would know.
That one little "You're crazy" gave me the motivation to get to the top without stopping again. Yeah, I'm crazy! Yeah, I'm doing something most people wouldn't have the guts to do! It feels good.
And it never stops feeling that way. Are you crazy? Hell, yes! Don't it feel gooooood? :-7
Sometimes, you just climb for the feeling of accomplishment. It hurts while you're riding, but feels great afterwards. If you're riding solo, it can be an even better feeling, because you could have turned around at any time and headed back down the mountain and nobody would know.
True. I have noticed that I'm more likely to finish a climb without stopping for a breather when my group can see me. There's that point where you *can* still do it; it just hurts a lot. It seems like it's easier for me to live with the pain when people are watching.
-- monique
"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain
