Baldy Mesa Jump & Hill Climb

Met Big D at his house early Wednesday morning for a morning ride before it got to hot. Loaded up and after a quick tour of his neighborhood we were off to the staging area.

ended up on some nice tight stuff that lead to a hill climb that Srad told me some guys went up. somehow it slipped out my mouth... "im gonna try it" then i start think WTF did i just say.... im committed now so i tell dan to record it. The begging of the hill climb isnt nothing crazy but right before the top is a lip and to the right a rut that snakes a little. I figure i can just lean forward over the bars and gas it... then i hit and im airborne and out of control almost hitting Srad.

After that we head to a MX track. their was a few jumps but only one i was willing to even attmept to jump. because it has no conciquences if you come up short. prolly a 60ft to 70ft table top. I wasnt trying to clear it but was going far enough to where landing flat didnt suck :P.

After that we headed to the sand hill climb. Srad takes off up one side while i was recovering from racing myself through some whoops on the way. He ends up being gone for quite some time so i figure i get up try the sand hill then do the other to go see him. i dont make the sand hill and it gases me. im so out of breath but i see Srad is back so wasnt worried about him. i finally get off of the sand avalanche of a downhill im on and Srad tells me his story about wrestling the bike and a bush all at once. hes got blood to proove it. Its starting to get really hot so we head back and get to the truck at 12:30 and its 99 degrees out

SRAD sent some of his footage and photos to me so here is the vid and some photos....

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http://youtu.be/UpFzlKn8Y-E?hd=1
 

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Weird that my cameras video came out so small... It was full screen on my laptop.. :noidea:
Cool Video Trav. I had a good time. That was an exciting, action packed 30 miles of exploring. I haven't ridden most of the meadows we hit.
Yellow flowers everywhere made for some awesome riding. Next time we'll try to find our own singletrack...

I have a photo of our trip. maybe I'll upload it:P
-BIG DAN:thumb:
 
hurry up already i need a new FB profile pic

yea i forgot to mention your rim and all the flowers and wildlife we seen. :thumb: was awesome
 
nice!! that hill climb was cool, almost ran into the cameraman. LOLOLOL.. the different size video is caused by different resolutions you put together in a single video..
 
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