Thursday, September 28, 2006

Greek Stones

"Sisyphus"? My team colleague waxes on as Camus, while back here on planet earth, a bunch of us did a fun ride at Skeggs this morning. Just kidding Dylan... don't be sore at me; I am full of love for you... although it is a deeply flawed Sophoclean love full of great pathos. I was writing you a Hemingway-esque poem in my mind mid-ride, but it was lost when my front wheel washed out as I descended Leaf Trail.

This morning, we learned about the re-route of Giant Salamander at Skeggs. Previously, this trail was a fireroad grunt up seven steep sections that depleted you before you tackled the climb up Manzanita Trail. The fine crew at Mid-Pen have embarked on an admirable project to replace this unpleasant climb with some quality singletrack. Great stuff.

Dylan is especially quick on the climbs, while Birdsong and I suffered enough to know that Moab will bring much more suffering, like we will be pushing great stones uphill. Isn't there a Greek story about that?