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Thanksgiving ride/hikes

Nathan and I, with Grace and Nancy went on a ride/hike in Joaquin Miller on Thanksgiving, and had a bonus ride/hike in Dimond Canyon on Friday.  It rained early in the day on Thanksgiving but was clearing up by the time we got up there; had some great light on Big Trees again.  Fairly standard […]

Joaquin Miller trail work

Those of you who did the beginner’s MUni ride last weekend will remember the unrideable mud bog on Big Trees trail.  This weekend I joined a big BTCEB crew (probably 25 people) who went up there to fix it.  We armored the trail and filled it in with gravel to let it drain; there’s an

Moab plans

Now that Arizona is done, it’s time to start planning for Moab in earnest (March 24-28).  It looks like it’s going to be a big crew; we have 11 confirmed riders, and I expect at least 5 more to commit in the next week or so, and possibly as many as 10.  There’s a big

Arizona MUni weekend

Several of us went down to Phoenix for Arizona MUni Weekend, hosted by Berkeley expat Chris Labonte. On Friday night we kicked butt at basketball, winning handily in a game of 4-on-9, California vs. Arizona. Then we had three days of really serious MUni, with lots of drops, rocks, and landing zones filled with cactus.

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