Red dirt + water = nope
CoVID-19
And they said there would be no silver lining...
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Covid: Slow walkers 'more likely to die', study finds
Researchers find slow walkers of all weights are more at risk of dying from the virus.
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So wife was up at midnight with two computers, four monitors, two cell phones, and her tablet so she could hunt for shots as soon as our age group officially opened. She got our first shot moved up to this coming Tuesday to a place 20 minutes away, and the second one on April 13. Six months ago I would have thought there was no chance in hell I'd be fully vaccinated by mid-April, so I am very happy about that. We're getting the Pfizerchipping.
At this point no ETA in my area of Flatario in Canuckistan.
From the chatter, I'm guessing I won't be eligible for 5G antenna installation for at least a couple of months.
From the chatter, I'm guessing I won't be eligible for 5G antenna installation for at least a couple of months.
Booked an appointment in Grand Junktown at a mass vaccination site on Tuesday. Eligibility based on having a single high-risk condition of Stage 1 Hypertension. Plan is drive over Wednesday evening, camp in the van, get vaxxed first thing in the a.m., and knock out a lap on The Ribbon before heading back.
Pretty relieved at this point.
Follow up visit (unless they jab me with the J&J soup) will be right around my annual birthday pilgrimage to Moab, so I'll try and get it scheduled for the tail end of that trip and get it done on the way home.
Pretty relieved at this point.
Follow up visit (unless they jab me with the J&J soup) will be right around my annual birthday pilgrimage to Moab, so I'll try and get it scheduled for the tail end of that trip and get it done on the way home.
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Never actually looped Ribbon, always shuttled. So you start with the brutal road climb or end with it starting at the top?
The common "wisdom" if you're not shuttling is to climb the Ribbon and then return. 'Cause that road BLOWS.
This "wisdom" is now very old, though, so it might actually be a bad idea, given the growth in the sport, to climb that.
I also have never looped the ribbon, so we'll see how this goes. I will always vote for the shitty road climb part at the start... you know, as a warm up. Right @Nick ?
Jeezus, man... that road ride... it's terrible. Just awful. 1/10. Do not recommend.
I was wondering just how bad that climb was...
Thinking outside the box here... maybe car-jack one of the locals driving a bro-dozer? Toss the bike in the bed, drive up real quick to the TH, leave the bro-dozer with the keys in it so there's no harm/no foul...
WARNING: Grand Junkyard bro-dozer owners may have an inordinately high chance of concealed-carrying... so not without risk.
WARNING: Grand Junkyard bro-dozer owners may have an inordinately high chance of concealed-carrying... so not without risk.
It's been done and lived to tell the story. It's the way to do it in Jackson
Jeezus, man... that road ride... it's terrible. Just awful. 1/10. Do not recommend.
A little over 6 miles, less than a Chimney worth of vert, and <6% grade? Well hell... that looks way less shitty than the road ride from Keystone up to A-Basin... I mean, at least once you're done with this road ride you don't have the then climb A-Basin.
And that segment there is all the way from the bottom of Lunch Loops... one could park midway and just loop The Ribbon and not ride the lower stuff.
That's kinda like saying horse shit tastes better than cow shit, though, don't ya think?
Yeah - that would def be the preferred method if you're gonna loop it and ride the road. I think when we looped it, we rode up Tab to Little Park and then road to the top of Ribbon. It perhaps isn't as bad as I remember... but I doubt it.
Okay fine, Keystone to A-Basin is fewer miles and fewer feet with similar average grade. And the segment I linked is Tab to Little Park. I still maintain it's better in that you don't also climb the ski area.That's kinda like saying horse shit tastes better than cow shit, though, don't ya think?
Yeah - that would def be the preferred method if you're gonna loop it and ride the road. I think when we looped it, we rode up Tab to Little Park and then road to the top of Ribbon. It perhaps isn't as bad as I remember... but I doubt it.
Keystone to A-Basin | Strava Ride Segment in Keystone, CO
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Back to the regularly scheduled Covid content... sorry (but kinda not sorry) for the thread hijack.
I love thread hijacks.
doesn't Grassroots Cycles still run nice-guy shuttles for lazy fucking shuttle whores?
I remember they'd haul you to LL or Ribbon for a $5 spot and a signed waiver.
I remember they'd haul you to LL or Ribbon for a $5 spot and a signed waiver.
Guilty here as well.
Heh. https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/979324006/covid-19-outbreak-forces-idaho-legislature-to-close-its-doors-for-weeks
"Top Republicans have repeatedly declined to implement basic public health measures, like a mask mandate or requiring members to physically distance themselves from others."
Well... hopefully nobody dies because of it.
"Top Republicans have repeatedly declined to implement basic public health measures, like a mask mandate or requiring members to physically distance themselves from others."
Well... hopefully nobody dies because of it.
don't understand...is the road really soft/shitty? that's maybe a touch bigger than an average climb for most mtn rides here? and we'd typically do two or maybe three such loops in a ride? like so:A little over 6 miles, less than a Chimney worth of vert, and <6% grade? Well hell... that looks way less shitty than the road ride from Keystone up to A-Basin... I mean, at least once you're done with this road ride you don't have the then climb A-Basin.
And that segment there is all the way from the bottom of Lunch Loops... one could park midway and just loop The Ribbon and not ride the lower stuff.
It's pavement... and it sucks.
Aw, poor little puppy...
I mean... it mainly sucks because the shuttle is like 10 minutes. 
Poor tubby little puppy...I mean... it mainly sucks because the shuttle is like 10 minutes.
this one is bad John. Mostly when it's 110F and you run out of water before reaching the top. And you have to watch out not to get brodozed of the road. I had a few friends that suffered bad dehydration trying to loop this. They choosed unwisely.
Singletrack climbs > Road climbs
That's the point.
That's the point.
Not always.
Depends on how heinous the alternative singletrack is...
Have done it a few times, when out there solo - no shuttle option. Not fun.
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Much difficulty in getting second shot appointment. The number they gave me to make the appointment that is not working. To make matters worse while I was in the phone loop they played Peter Murphy's Indigo Eyes. I always hated that song.