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Washington picture extravaganza

Heidi

Der hund ist laut und braun
Aug 22, 2001
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Derek and I went on another WA mountain bike trip, this time over to St. Helens and Mt. Rainier, then on to Capital Forest for the All Mtn Championship Race. 9 days of riding (2 of them racing)

My summary - lots of climbing every day, lots of roots everywhere.
















We started waaaaay down there and climbed up to here. This day we rode Ranger Creek and Palisades. I consider Palisades to be a pretty technical downhill with miles of roots and little drops. You would kill yourself on a hardtail. I promise.









Mt Rainier as a backdrop. We climbed forever up to this and then climbed some more before the screaming long descent on Suntop.














Mt Adams in the background:




Mt St. Helens!!!



My doggie dog
 

ICEBALL585

Bacontard
Sep 8, 2009
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Pretty cool pics, I saw the pic with Mt Rainier in the background. I have a few friends that climbed that mountain just a few months back (not with bikes though).
 

Toshi

Harbinger of Doom
Oct 23, 2001
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Suntop and Palisades are good stuff, and you can't beat those backdrops…
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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Awesome stuff. I just happened to ride St Helens yesterday. Looks like you also rode the Ape Canyon trail.

My $.02 in pics.









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