Thursday, August 11, 2011

50 Days in Whistler, B.C.



50 Days



Amber
24 Whistler Mountain Bike Park Downhill Days
2 Cross Country Mountain Bike Days
5 Dirt Jump Days
1 Airdome Day
8 Allergic Reaction Sick Days :-(




Sean
20 Whistler Mountain Bike Park Downhill Days
1 Cross Country Mountain Bike Day
9 Full (unavoidable) Work Days in CO :-(

Monday, August 8, 2011

Whistler, B.C. August 8th


A Little Bit of Everything Fun!

Today was an excellent, relaxed, fun-filled day of riding with Sean. We played on some Blueseum with some roots and wooden features. Then we enjoyed some B-Line with some corners, and some Heart of Darkness with some speed and jumps. Additionally, we hit up a bit of Fantastic along with some drops and some Crank it Up. The sun shone all day and we smiled quite a bit!



Sean flowing through Blueseum, smiling all the way.



Sean enjoying some roots in Blueseum.



Sean having a great time with some corners on Blueseum.



Sean enjoying gliding through the woods as the sun shines through on Blueseum.



Amber enjoying the exit of Wednesday Night Delight.



Amber just about to hit a steep rock roll, surrounded by moss.



Amber practicing some drops at the Joyride Drops.



Amber having fun on Heart of Darkness just after Crank it Up.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Young Lust, Whistler, B.C. August 1st



This is a ride that has a thrilling descent, but it is mandatory to first do the ups, downs, switchbacks, and some fairly steep climbing amidst giant green trees, rocks, logs and moss. There are several fun wooden features for amusement in the forest, as well as some steep rocks and roots. However, the best part of the ride is definitely scooting down the technical descent. I often don't change my seat height for descents, but on this one today I lowered my seat quite a bit. Overall, it was a happy day outside on the bike, and the dog was stoked!



Bishop and I started off at the beginning of Comfortably Numb, which is the place to start in order to connect to Young Lust.



I rode, and Bishop ran, up and down rocks and roots for quite some time.



Then we went over some wooden features in the dark forest.



Bishop was happy to get to this point where she could drink some water.



This was an exciting section to ride with some features that felt steeper than they look in this picture. All of the descending sections were way too much fun to stop on. I only stopped here because I had hydrated extensively and needed to relieve myself urgently.



This was a fun wooden feature to ride down to a steep exit.



Finally, we came to the key intersection. Bishop was happy to take a break at this point.



We took the Young Lust trail, which is a super fun, steep, rocky, root-filled, descent that results in a super big smile.



While we paused at the intersection of trails, I tried to get Bishop to do a self portrait with me.



Bishop spent a fair amount of the time with her tongue way out as we sprinted down the trail with her on my wheel as much of the time as she could keep up.



It was a superb sunny day, which was perfect.



When we were done with the ride, back at the river, Bishop took several gulps of water.