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fourtycal
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 Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject: TR - Slickrock February 2008 |
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Me, Greyhair biker and ride-on had this trip to Moab planned for several weeks and in Utah you can never plan around the weather so we were going snow or shine.
This trip the weather only gave us a little break and we took full advantage. We woke up Saturday morning to Snow so we wasted time until it quit then hit the trail. It was an adventure for sure. I enjoyed every minute of it and I think Greyhair biker and Ride-on did as well except for Greyhairs broken rib and ride-ons torn up armpit.
Just as a warning, riding slickrock in the snow is dangerous, doing so may result in injury or death.
So here are some pictures that tell the story.
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| I have never seen this parking lot empty before but we had it all to ourselves today |
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| wow, do we realy want to do this? |
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| looking over the practice loop |
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| it was hard to follow the white lines in the snow but we saw a few here and there |
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| Walking it up the slick stuff |
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| getting ready for the slick drop |
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| This is where greyhair broke a rib and he hit so hard his pants came off! |
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| Very slick in a few spots |
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| ride-on and Greyhair biker |
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| DJ (ride-on) with a little scar |
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| After the ride, still the only truck in the lot |
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accadacca
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shlingdawg
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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INSANITY!!!
You guys are nucking futs!!!!! 
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Cirrus2000
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Dayum, hardcore!
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live2ride
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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I hope you get feeling better Greyhair, what shitty weather!!!
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: |
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You got big brass frozen juevos.
Nicely done.
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greyhair biker
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:26 am Post subject: |
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awe....we had a ball! ....whats a cracked rib anyway. Doing fine and would probably do it again, but I think Id wait for the snow to melt off better 
What Fourtycal didnt tell you was that after the few miles back to the truck, we went looking for a few geocaches & hiked up part of Fins N Things and then went down into town hunting along the ridge below SandFlats area for a cache, where we spotted two other hardcore bikers bombing down a trail we'd never knew was there so we hiked UP it and discovered an AWESOME downhill trail that we've GOT to do sometime...locals know the trail but its not on the map we're sure...all in all a good trip
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fourtycal
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="greyhair biker"] we hiked UP it and discovered an AWESOME downhill trail that we've GOT to do sometime quote]
And a few pics of the secret trail.
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Teleken
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: |
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That's crazy riding with some kind of lobster boy freak.
Did you still have to pay to get in Sand Flats?
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fourtycal
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Teleken wrote: | That's crazy riding with some kind of lobster boy freak.
Did you still have to pay to get in Sand Flats? |
There was no one at the pay station, if there were I would have bought another season pass. Instead (after debating a bit) we used self-pay, and good thing we did cause later in the day we saw the law up by Fins-N-Things. I am sure she drove past the rig while we were out riding.
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greyhair biker
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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...just a side note...Im a gettin no sympathy at work or anywhere else for the broken rib...not that I expected it but Ive been working with it underground this week and getting more kidding than anything else, especially after the pictures are viewed 
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