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They were probably all chasing Strava KOMs. Bradley Wiggins has a word for people like this.
P.S how do you know if Stevie Wonder has been in your fridge ? Fingerprints in the butter.
Just add more pointless input to this, I was up there yesterday and as a result of reaing this thread on Sunday evening, found my eye being caught by rocks etc off to the side of the trail on the off chance that some poor soul was lying there with no teeth and a punctured lung. So cheers BoardinBob, you nearly had me off too!
What did catch my attention was two guys hiring big bikes, full facers and body armour. They obviously had never, [i]never[/i] been anywhere near a mountain bike. So they sign the disclaimer, pay their coin and take the gondola. Seriously they were struggling to ride the hire bikes round the lift stations! Walking down the length of the track, I must have passed them on three separate runs - don't worry I did the needful and asked if they were ok each time. Quite cheery replies to begin with, less so as their very expensive walk down a hill with a bike, in armour, became a tedious, if not dangerous reality...
I know it's impossible to police, and the lift company/bike hire folk need every penny of income they can get their hands on, but I'm thinking the Red Xc grade is misleading folk into thinking its something much much simpler...everytime I've been there has been folk down both tracks who probably by that point realised thy had no business being there.
As an aside, my mate was talking to Alistair Maclennan. He was there filming with the Chain Reaction DH team on the Orange WC track yesterday and came over the Nissan/Tissot(can't remember what it's called) jump near the bottom to find a chap on an HT attempting to climb UP the hill...the mind boggles!
Boardinbob, I have just come across your blog, which you mention how you came across me when I had my accident, I just want to say a massive Thanks, you are a top man... thank you... I have just finally recovered , I have new teeth and the only pains I have are around my chest but they are mild now, times a healer they say. I ended up breaking my sternum, no wonder it bloody hurt..
Cheers mate.... If your ever down Castleford, drop me a mail si.allen@hotmail.co.uk and i will buy you a big drink mate
no bother mate. glad youre ok!