Sunday, July 15, 2007

Pisgah Death March style solo ride

From Yellow Gap at 4:15ish A.M.-> Laurel Mountain->Pilot Rock connector->Pilot Rock UP->(hike) Mtn.s to Sea->Pisgah Inn->BRP->NC276->FS477->Club Gap->Buckwheat->Bennett->FS477->Clawhammer->Maxwell->Black Mountain->Turkey Pen->66 Jumps->Bradley Creek->5015-> back to Yellow Gap. 41 miles, 12400+ climbing, 8 hours 45 minutes.

Laurel Mountain trailhead 4:15AM. The Princeton Tec Switchback 2 lights kick-ass!

Pre-Dawn flowers on Laurel Mountain. Some of these things were 5-6' tall!

Sunrise and breakfast at the Pisgah Inn:

 

The Green Machine with Looking Glass Rock in the background:

Looking Glass Rock:

Rattlesnake on Turkey Pen Gap trail:

South Mills River running low:

The Green Machine, Laurel in full bloom, and Bradley Creek in the rain. Beautiful.

Flowers on FS5015: 

 

 

Posted by Eric Wever / Pisgah Productions at 21:11:54 | Permanent Link | Comments (2) |
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1 - WHY IN THE H3LL DID YOU START AT 4:15AM!!!

-MIKE R (Comment this)

Written by: Anonymous at 2007/07/16 - 01:49:55
2 - Ok, so you do a post about how out of shape and busy you are, so I get the 4:00 am thing. However the billion feet of climbing combined with 41 miles is pretty insane.

Nice big ride E.

If you change your mind about ORAMM, some of us are doing a big ride this Saturday.

Peace (Comment this)

Written by: ExtrmTao at 2007/07/17 - 17:04:14
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