AM-B FFTF (preview)

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB, Craig
Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

I think we could safely call that epic! I just finished
cleaning my bike for a couple of hours. Not quite the
adventure I was anticipating. Nice to see all you guys and
glad to hear you all eventually made it out.

Off to ride some nice dry dirt...

Matt

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB, Craig
Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

Ahhh, t'was a walk in the park.

anthonysloan.comfdm15.jpgOpen ↗

Webpage is in the making...

"Anthony Sloan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB,
Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

Ahhh, t'was a walk in the park.

anthonysloan.comfdm15.jpgOpen ↗

Webpage is in the making...

Holy [censored]!

what happened to that infamous Fruita Singletrack I've heard
so much about?

Look forward to the tales and photos in the days to come.

Michael

"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB, Craig
Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

Please, no pictures. I don't think I could take
it...............................

Some day..........

Marty

Michael Paul said:

"Anthony Sloan" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB,
Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

Ahhh, t'was a walk in the park.

anthonysloan.comfdm15.jpgOpen ↗

Webpage is in the making...

Holy [censored]!

what happened to that infamous Fruita Singletrack I've
heard so much about?

Look forward to the tales and photos in the days to come.

Michael

O it was there.

anthonysloan.commf03.jpgOpen ↗

Just not on that ride. Whoops typo. Should be spelled as
such:

THAT ride.

A

Anthony Sloan said:

Michael Paul said:

Holy [censored]!

what happened to that infamous Fruita Singletrack I've
heard so much about?

Look forward to the tales and photos in the days to come.

Michael

O it was there.

anthonysloan.commf03.jpgOpen ↗

Just not on that ride. Whoops typo. Should be spelled
as such:

THAT ride.

A

That's a rad picture!
--
Slacker

On 5/2/04 4:54 PM, in article [email hidden], "Anthony

Sloan said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB,
Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

Ahhh, t'was a walk in the park.

anthonysloan.comfdm15.jpgOpen ↗

Webpage is in the making...

Looks like my ride on the "Powreline Trail" in the north
shore area of Kauai. I must have taken 2 hours to clean (
disassemble & rebuild) the bike. Looks like you guys got
douched...........er , ah........drenched.

mtbchip

MattB said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB, Craig
Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

I think we could safely call that epic! I just finished
cleaning my bike for a couple of hours. Not quite the
adventure I was anticipating. Nice to see all you guys and
glad to hear you all eventually made it out.

Off to ride some nice dry dirt...

Matt

A good time was had by all, thanks Jerry, you won't soon be
forgotten 🙂

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove ".nospam" to reply)

Craig Brossman <[email hidden]> had this to say
"]news:[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

MattB said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB,
Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

I think we could safely call that epic! I just finished
cleaning my bike for a couple of hours. Not quite the
adventure I was anticipating. Nice to see all you guys
and glad to hear you all eventually made it out.

Off to ride some nice dry dirt...

Matt

A good time was had by all, thanks Jerry, you won't soon
be forgotten
🙂

Jerry? who's Jerry?...Lewis?

Dave W wrote: <snip>

Quoted message said:

Jerry? who's Jerry?...Lewis?

We would have loved to have you along, Dave. That could have
made it perfect. Maybe another time...

Matt (might have made that "who would we eat first" decision
a little easier)

"Michael Paul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

"Anthony Sloan" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you
missed it. The cast of characters from AM-B included
MattB, Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete
Fagerlin, Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud,
rain, snow, darkness and other adversities to
follow...

JD

Ahhh, t'was a walk in the park.

anthonysloan.comfdm15.jpgOpen ↗

Webpage is in the making...

Holy [censored]!

what happened to that infamous Fruita Singletrack I've
heard so much about?

It wasn't in Fruita.

JD

MattB said:

Dave W wrote: <snip>

Quoted message said:

Jerry? who's Jerry?...Lewis?

<snip>

Quoted message said:

Matt (might have made that "who would we eat first"
decision a little easier)

Funny! But would it be sort of like eating carp, I've never
like bottom feeders. Only kidding Dave!

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove ".nospam" to reply)

Craig Brossman said:

MattB said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB,
Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

I think we could safely call that epic! I just finished
cleaning my bike for a couple of hours. Not quite the
adventure I was anticipating. Nice to see all you guys
and glad to hear you all eventually made it out.

Off to ride some nice dry dirt...

Matt

A good time was had by all, thanks Jerry, you won't soon
be forgotten 🙂

Before the whole story comes out, the funniest, most telling
moment for me was with the Albuquerque boys, Rich, Brian and
Scott. We had all stopped somewhere during the middle of the
slog to the water tank, the four of us waiting for the rest
of the group to catch up, perhaps hoping that someone would
suggest we turn around. Sometime during the break, Rich
pulls out the baggy, all our eyes light up. Within seconds,
a chorus of "yeah, I'll do some" breaks the silence.

I didn't even use any water to swallow my Advil, they went
down real nice. I told my wife about it, she says we should
submit it as a commercial suggestion, it was classic!

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove ".nospam" to reply)

"Craig Brossman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I told my wife about it, she says we should submit it as a
commercial suggestion, it was classic!

You might be used to this by now, but your wife is right!

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB, Craig
Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see how
various accounts stack up...

anthonysloan.comfdm99.jpgOpen ↗

Anthony Sloan said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB,
Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see how
various accounts stack up...

anthonysloan.comfdm99.jpgOpen ↗

Whoops, this:

anthonysloan.comfruitadeathmarch.htmlOpen ↗

rather

Anthony Sloan said:

Anthony Sloan said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB,
Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see how
various accounts stack up...

anthonysloan.comfdm99.jpgOpen ↗

Whoops, this:

anthonysloan.comfruitadeathmarch.htmlOpen ↗

rather

Great writeup and pics. No comment on the outfit 🙂

Weird how the bikes stayed relatively clean while the tires
caked with mud. Around here we usually get the full caking
effect (downtube, both derailleurs {if applicable}, chain,
etc.). Extra grind for the grind!

Bill "sorta glad I didn't make the trip (had briefly
considered it)" S.

Anthony Sloan said:

Anthony Sloan said:

JD said:

Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you missed
it. The cast of characters from AM-B included MattB,
Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete Fagerlin,
Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud, rain, snow,
darkness and other adversities to follow...

JD

Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see how
various accounts stack up...

anthonysloan.comfdm99.jpgOpen ↗

Whoops, this:

anthonysloan.comfruitadeathmarch.htmlOpen ↗

rather

Quack quack! Man, had I seen or known about the omens I
might have lobbied for a different ride! (or maybe not)

Nice photos, but somehow they don't capture the despair.
That last one is just a hint of what it was like. I put my
camera away at the tank - my hands got too muddy to handle
it at that point.

There also seemed to be a split between those who have had a
similar experience in the past and those who hadn't. I think
those who hadn't were maybe just a little more frightened by
the potential of what was still to come, and those who had
were resigned to suffer as needed until we got out. I fell
into the latter group.

That was an amazingly beautiful sunset wasn't it? I was
taking it in as I was telling my wife that I was still on
the trail, already two hours late, and a two hour drive from
home. She was sure I was kidding at first. I only wish I was
playing such a cruel joke on her. I was glad I thought to
try my phone once I could see the cluster of lights that is
Delta in the distance. She was not pleased. Not mad, but
definitely not at ease with my news.

In a weird way, I kind of enjoyed that two track after we
parted. It was rutted just so and I felt I could really rail
the turns in the fading twilight. I even dropped the first
ledge when things started getting steep and it was pretty
fun. I wouldn't have, except I was still trying to ride
after the light had pretty much gone. When I realized it was
a ledge (maybe 18" or so) if I had tried to stop I would
have ended up like that kid trying to ride stairs someone
recently posted. Then, the moon came out from behind some
clouds and I could see OK (for night riding without lights)
so I cautiously rode the flatter sections to cover as much
ground as possible, stopping as soon as it was hard to see
what was coming or what I could see didn't look safe.

I also came out with a skinned and bruised knuckle from
hitting it on a juniper bush. My other injury is a nice lump
on my shin from a rock I kicked up in the dark. Both of
which could have happened on just about any ride.

It definitely could have been a lot worse, but I'd venture
to say it also could have been better. Maybe next time we'll
all make better decisions. If we don't, we'll deserve
whatever comes of it.

Matt (been eating almost non-stop since then - you guys been
hungry the last couple of days?)

"MattB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Anthony Sloan said:

Anthony Sloan said:

JD wrote:

> Be glad you weren't there and be bummed that you
> missed it. The cast of characters from AM-B included
> MattB, Craig Brossman, Anthony Sloan, MTBBrian, Pete
> Fagerlin, Notaknob, and yours truly. Tales of mud,
> rain, snow, darkness and other adversities to
> follow...
>
> JD

Well, I'll be the first. It'll be interesting to see
how various accounts stack up...

anthonysloan.comfdm99.jpgOpen ↗

Whoops, this:

anthonysloan.comfruitadeathmarch.htmlOpen ↗

rather

Quack quack! Man, had I seen or known about the omens I
might have lobbied for a different ride! (or maybe not)

Nice photos, but somehow they don't capture the despair.
That last one is just a hint of what it was like. I put my
camera away at the tank - my hands got too muddy to handle
it at that point.

There also seemed to be a split between those who have
had a similar experience in the past and those who
hadn't. I think those who hadn't were maybe just a little
more frightened by the potential of what was still to
come, and those who had were resigned to suffer as needed
until we got

out.

Quoted message said:

I fell into the latter group.

That was an amazingly beautiful sunset wasn't it? I was
taking it in as I was telling my wife that I was still on
the trail, already two hours late, and a two hour drive
from home. She was sure I was kidding at first. I

only

Quoted message said:

wish I was playing such a cruel joke on her. I was glad I
thought to try

my

Quoted message said:

phone once I could see the cluster of lights that is
Delta in the

distance.

Quoted message said:

She was not pleased. Not mad, but definitely not at ease
with my news.

In a weird way, I kind of enjoyed that two track after we
parted. It was rutted just so and I felt I could really
rail the turns in the fading twilight. I even dropped the
first ledge when things started getting steep and it was
pretty fun. I wouldn't have, except I was still trying to
ride after the light had pretty much gone. When I realized
it was a ledge

(maybe

Quoted message said:

18" or so) if I had tried to stop I would have ended up
like that kid

trying

Quoted message said:

to ride stairs someone recently posted. Then, the moon
came out from

behind

Quoted message said:

some clouds and I could see OK (for night riding without
lights) so I cautiously rode the flatter sections to cover
as much ground as possible, stopping as soon as it was
hard to see what was coming or what I could see didn't
look safe.

I also came out with a skinned and bruised knuckle from
hitting it on a juniper bush. My other injury is a nice
lump on my shin from a rock I

kicked

Quoted message said:

up in the dark. Both of which could have happened on just
about any ride.

It definitely could have been a lot worse, but I'd venture
to say it also could have been better. Maybe next time
we'll all make better decisions.

If

Quoted message said:

we don't, we'll deserve whatever comes of it.

Matt (been eating almost non-stop since then - you guys
been hungry the

last

Quoted message said:

couple of days?)

Holly [censored] you guys. I wish I could have been there. I drove
by the Escalante turn off on the way to work and was wishing
it was dry. I guess I am all out of wishes. Glad to see
every one had a lot of fun in their misery.

TJ

www.gvii.net/hundtoft