The DBA TDay Ride Report
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Timo and I decided to turn back. The next drop off was about 12'
I first ran into that drop a few years back at a pigfest with Agent2 in Goler. I decided to go for one last quick solo ride before the day ended. Started at the airstrip and found a path up the east ridge of the mountains directly over the airstrip. At this point I figured
I would make it a loop, finding my way to Goler Gulch and then South back to the truck. The sun was now behind the mountains to the West and it was quickly getting dimmer. I found this little drop (above) going towards the Gulch. I was thinking to myself, "don't go down anything you can't go back up." I went down the small drop only to find that 12' drop 
. Panic mode started to set in. I didn't have a headlight. "What if they are all like this?" I quickly turned around and start racing North to find an easier way into the Gulch before the lights went out. I found dead end after dead end or rather I didn't find anything that I thought I could back track easily. Finally I found a section where the Gulch was in sight though without a trail and fairly steep with not such a great transition to the floor. I ended up walking/tumbling down with the bike. But I was in the wash! I raced South through the Gulch making the camp right at dusk and avoiding an epic.
James
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I first ran into that drop a few years back at a pigfest with Agent2 in Goler. I decided to go for one last quick solo ride before the day ended. Started at the airstrip and found a path up the east ridge of the mountains directly over the airstrip. At this point I figured
Damn, ok everyone remind me NOT to ride with this guy. 
Glad it all worked out for you, it could have gotten ugly
how come i never go on the rides to the rocks? i guess i pick the wrong groups to go with...I also got a way of avoiding the camera too...
yea i did the same... ahh jsut go for a family ride or a short ride then get back and do the big boy stuff... then i get back and the big boy rides all left
yeah next time i guess i'll just hang out till noon when they leave instead of waking up and going on a early ride... bunch of slackersyea i did the same... ahh jsut go for a family ride or a short ride then get back and do the big boy stuff... then i get back and the big boy rides all left
yeah next time i guess i'll just hang out till noon when they leave instead of waking up and going on a early ride... bunch of slackers
or us early risers will jsut have to man up and go explore instead waiting around for a guide
... that was my thing i keept waiting for soemone who knows the area. Kinda stupid considering it would take a serious moron to truly get lost at spangleror us early risers will jsut have to man up and go explore instead waiting around for a guide
yeah i made it back alone and i get lost really easy! lol... this was my lost loop last year, we were going counterclockwise and the blue lines where i lost the pack and ended up going right at the Wilderness Area
Come on Red, you really thought you were faster than the camera?I have to admit, at least you try, thats more than me.
there we go Hillclimb Dave and his son are nuts for going up that! i was third in line, looked back at you guys and was like "well i guess i'll go for it!" then everyone behind me went around.Yah,
Dave and David are great hill climbers.
Dave and David are great hill climbers.
James
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Well my adventure started at 11:00am on Monday November 22nd. I'm at work going through my email and I see my airline confirmation email, so I figured I'd better double check the departure time. Departure is at 6:00 am, correct, departure date is the 22nd, corr......wait a second that can't be right....triple checking....yup departure is 6:00am on Monday the 22nd. SON OF A 
ing BEOTCH. &*&%$%$&%#@^&)(^@!#%&^&$#@$%^^ 
Ok think fast James, ah ok lets call the good peeps at AMEX.
This is AMEX, I'm sorry that you missed your flight, that will be $ for another flight, hang on let check something else, well crap they just raised the fare it's now $$. Ok lets see if we can get that first one back again, dang looks like that one is now $$$$.
So my trip was almost over before it'd even started, however we were able to get a last minute flight.
So after a night of about 45 minutes of sleep we leave for the airport at 3 am. It's nice and quite.
Due to the last minute flight I was blessed with the worst seats possible, so no sleeping on this flight, these guys had better be worth it.
Flying into O'Hare
We arrive to LAX a little late, so it was very brisk walk to the plane waiting on the tarmac. Then it's a short hop to Fresno. I thought I was going to die on this little puddle jumper.
Arrive in Fresno at 11:30ish.
So I'm walking to the baggage claim area and guess what this familiar looking kid is holding?
I'll admit that that did make my day brighter, I really needed that laugh.
So we head out to the arrivals parking lane which is where Rack's waiting with the rig. Thanks to the airport police all I got was a "Hi I'm Rack, we gotta go", an we're off.
Scenery
Camp, to many quads though.
Missy making sure that everything smells ok.
ing BEOTCH. &*&%$%$&%#@^&)(^@!#%&^&$#@$%^^ Ok think fast James, ah ok lets call the good peeps at AMEX.
This is AMEX, I'm sorry that you missed your flight, that will be $ for another flight, hang on let check something else, well crap they just raised the fare it's now $$.
Ok lets see if we can get that first one back again, dang looks like that one is now $$$$. So my trip was almost over before it'd even started, however we were able to get a last minute flight.
So after a night of about 45 minutes of sleep we leave for the airport at 3 am. It's nice and quite.
Due to the last minute flight I was blessed with the worst seats possible, so no sleeping on this flight, these guys had better be worth it.
Flying into O'Hare
We arrive to LAX a little late, so it was very brisk walk to the plane waiting on the tarmac. Then it's a short hop to Fresno. I thought I was going to die on this little puddle jumper.
Arrive in Fresno at 11:30ish.
So I'm walking to the baggage claim area and guess what this familiar looking kid is holding?
I'll admit that that did make my day brighter, I really needed that laugh.
So we head out to the arrivals parking lane which is where Rack's waiting with the rig. Thanks to the airport police all I got was a "Hi I'm Rack, we gotta go", an we're off.
Scenery
Camp, to many quads though.
Missy making sure that everything smells ok.
James
Staff member
First day riding - damn what the hell have I gotten myself into. 
For you guys that don't know what Indiana looks like, here you go. Yup for the most part it's flat and boring.
It's like a fish out of water.
The hill (mountain to me) overlooking our camp.
And in case you missed it earlier, here's my first dirt nap. Sorry about the bike Cpt. 
Geek grilling up some good stuff.
Some of the TDay food.
Everyone enjoying a meal together. Looks like we didn't have enough chairs.
This guy needs no introduction............as you can tell who it is by the Rockstar can he's ALWAYS holding.
Shooting the shit around the campfire.
Night shot.
For you guys that don't know what Indiana looks like, here you go. Yup for the most part it's flat and boring.It's like a fish out of water.
The hill (mountain to me
) overlooking our camp.And in case you missed it earlier, here's my first dirt nap.
Sorry about the bike Cpt. Geek grilling up some good stuff.
Some of the TDay food.
Everyone enjoying a meal together.
Looks like we didn't have enough chairs. This guy needs no introduction............as you can tell who it is by the Rockstar can he's ALWAYS holding.
Shooting the shit around the campfire.
Night shot.