The Nine Circles of Hell described in Dante’s Inferno pale in comparison
to Hale’s 10 Hills to Hell! Saturday, BIG MAN relinquished command of the
PCRs and let Prez Hale suggest the route of the day. So at 7:30 (an hour set
to entice the Petunia PCRs to come), those of the PCR’s who are not shrinking
violets took off to ride up Emigration Canyon. They rode BIG MAN'S 7 to
Heaven (Wood, you need to go back to the first grade to learn math again; it’s
really 9 hills. Of course, Mr. MBA, a former CPA, will tell you that 2+2 is
whatever you want it to be) plus riding to the top of Pinecrest. If Dante
had joined us his Inferno would have included a tenth circle of hell—the
16 percent climb at the end of Pinecrest. During this journey we
discovered why BIG MAN is the team photographer: he needs lots of breaks when
the going gets tough.
Billy Goat Bruner is back in form. He was
king of the summits, all ten of them. Speaking of billy goats, we almost
hit one that hangs out by where the Moon and the Sun was located descending
Emigration Canyon. We had a special guest appearance by Prez Hale's younger,
but less good looking, less hair, not quite as smart and not in all that good
of shape for being 10 years younger, brother Craig. He abandoned the
group mid-adventure. And we got a glimpse of Antione and his better looking
half ascending Emigration as we rolled down.
Sexy Legs gave us one of the
more memorable TATS as we panted at the end of our last summit. He quoted
Mark Twain who wrote: “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on
the heel that has crushed it.” While the hardy PCR souls who participated
in this week’s journey forgive the pansies who stayed at home, we remind them
of Dante’s warning: “They go by turns each one unto the judgment; They speak,
and hear, and they are downward hurled.” Inferno, Canto V.
Be forewarned that your muscles are atrophying and your waistlines expanding
(i.e. little man, you may no longer be worthy of that moniker)! And here
is additional motivation for little man to get out: as the scales tips ever
higher when you climb upon it, your chances of ending up at the back of the
pace line with the BIG MAN increase, where you will listen to his white noise
forever!
YIPPY SKIPPY
There was discussion on whether we should really ride this next "Hill to Hell"
Yes, the water is starting to run and when you're in last place, ALWAYS STOP to take a PIC
BIG MAN stopped to reminisce as he talked to the owners of Grandma and Grandpa's old cabin
The old bunk house has been remodeled
Here's a few more PCRs that were out leaving the BIG MAN in the Dust
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