Thursday, September 25, 2008

Mountain bike ride in Biggity O Redwood Loop

total time 2:07
moving time 1:37
distance 9.24
moving speed 5.7 avg 38.3 max (me on Redwood)
elevation gain +1787/-1791

What a great way to spend a morning.

My buddy Pete and I hooked up in Redwood Park in the Oakland Hills. It is the largest 2nd growth Redwood Forest in the world. So someone says. Like Pete and I were saying, dating back to when?

It is like "restoring the wetlands." Back to what date? The 1950's? The 1850's? The 0050's?!

Anyway there are heck-a redwood trees and it is freakin' beautiful.

We hiked up to the East Ridge, rode up to Skyline, and hucked it down the awesome West Ridge. A tough ride up gets a big reward on the long downhill.

I actually too a wrong turn and ended up on the pavement of Redwood road.

"Twas nice.

The gps of the ride is here. (Hey we ain't going for a world record time)



Open the "Player" link on the far right after you click.

Here's a shot of the Chabot Observatory taken at the top of the ride.

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