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06-27-17, 08:31 PM
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@jtaylor996, stay whole dude. Don't go breaking yourself.
06-27-17, 08:32 PM
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First sailing lesson done. They basically pointed out the parts of the boat, how to get everything in to place and shoved us out in to the water. It was some good fun, but I'm too big for those little tubs - the kid doesn't come close to balancing me out, so we took on water on a couple turns and the boom kept brushing my head no matter how much I reclined. 'nother less in two days.
We were running Flying J type boats. There was a racing team at the uni that was running the course. What was cool was that if you just showed your id you could take a boat out any time you wanted. I never took the advanced course for the big boats (ocean going ones), but they'd let you take those out as well.
If you put me in one now I'd be good except I can't remember the knots any more.
06-27-17, 08:33 PM
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I started on a nice civilized 35 foot boat.
Did the boy enjoy it?
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@jtaylor996, stay whole dude. Don't go breaking yourself.
06-27-17, 08:48 PM
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06-27-17, 08:52 PM
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So I just had an EPIC MTB crash. 20 feet vertical down into a creek bed. I managed to keep the bike on top of me most of the way down, and keep the RD off the ground at the bottom, somehow. I rolled a few times on the way down.
So bike is ok. That's the important part.
The trails got 3.7" of rain last Saturday morning. A normal month of June is 3.4", so that was crazy. There were lots of new deep ruts all over the trail, and where roots were in the ground previously they're now like a 6" obstacle.
This was one of those, but at an area called "The Pit". It's kind of like a snowboard pipe, where it's super steep entry (vertical) super flat creek bottom that's dang wide, and then super steep climb out. But in the woods, so from the start you can only see about half of the bottom-- the climb on the other side is up in the trees from your POV, so it's blind. I get to the bottom and lose a little speed due to a mud patch, and then I start the climb up. This is an easy feature, if you lose speed you can normally power up the end where it gets less steep. Only this time I notice 3/4 the way up that there's a new rut, and I'm in it, and the root at the top is sticking out way more than I can deal with from the bottom of the rut. I stall out, get unclipped, but it slopes like a dome to the right where my weight is so I'm going over anyways. And then I start rolling and rolling and actually intentionally kept juggling the bike over top of me to save it. At the bottom I kind of land of my feet-ish, with one foot ankle deep in mud, my bike on it's nose in the mud, and the rear wheel in my hand. It's SHOCKING just how much thinking you can get done in one of those situations.
God I wish I had a video. It was like the one with @topslop1 on that switchback where he goes over and rolls, but I went another 15' down and it was like 55 degree steep to begin with.
So then what do you do? Well, I straightened my seat back out, and then made the hike back up to the start and did it again. Successfully... just 4" to the left of the rut did the trick. #ManCard
I think I'm ok. Maybe a back strain, a welt the size of a lime on the back of my left hand, scrapes on my elbows. But basically fine. And lots of mud on the bike. You know you had a good "digger" when you have to clean mud off your top cap.
So bike is ok. That's the important part.
The trails got 3.7" of rain last Saturday morning. A normal month of June is 3.4", so that was crazy. There were lots of new deep ruts all over the trail, and where roots were in the ground previously they're now like a 6" obstacle.
This was one of those, but at an area called "The Pit". It's kind of like a snowboard pipe, where it's super steep entry (vertical) super flat creek bottom that's dang wide, and then super steep climb out. But in the woods, so from the start you can only see about half of the bottom-- the climb on the other side is up in the trees from your POV, so it's blind. I get to the bottom and lose a little speed due to a mud patch, and then I start the climb up. This is an easy feature, if you lose speed you can normally power up the end where it gets less steep. Only this time I notice 3/4 the way up that there's a new rut, and I'm in it, and the root at the top is sticking out way more than I can deal with from the bottom of the rut. I stall out, get unclipped, but it slopes like a dome to the right where my weight is so I'm going over anyways. And then I start rolling and rolling and actually intentionally kept juggling the bike over top of me to save it. At the bottom I kind of land of my feet-ish, with one foot ankle deep in mud, my bike on it's nose in the mud, and the rear wheel in my hand. It's SHOCKING just how much thinking you can get done in one of those situations.
God I wish I had a video. It was like the one with @topslop1 on that switchback where he goes over and rolls, but I went another 15' down and it was like 55 degree steep to begin with.
So then what do you do? Well, I straightened my seat back out, and then made the hike back up to the start and did it again. Successfully... just 4" to the left of the rut did the trick. #ManCard
I think I'm ok. Maybe a back strain, a welt the size of a lime on the back of my left hand, scrapes on my elbows. But basically fine. And lots of mud on the bike. You know you had a good "digger" when you have to clean mud off your top cap.
06-27-17, 08:53 PM
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I forgot to mention the funniest part of the crash. I get home, covered in mud (brand new jersey, to boot), and my wife says in her talking-to-a-toddler voice "did you fall down?" I laughed and could only reply "I fall down" in my own toddler voice.
06-27-17, 09:17 PM
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06-27-17, 09:25 PM
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06-27-17, 09:28 PM
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So I just had an EPIC MTB crash. 20 feet vertical down into a creek bed. I managed to keep the bike on top of me most of the way down, and keep the RD off the ground at the bottom, somehow. I rolled a few times on the way down.
So bike is ok. That's the important part.
The trails got 3.7" of rain last Saturday morning. A normal month of June is 3.4", so that was crazy. There were lots of new deep ruts all over the trail, and where roots were in the ground previously they're now like a 6" obstacle.
This was one of those, but at an area called "The Pit". It's kind of like a snowboard pipe, where it's super steep entry (vertical) super flat creek bottom that's dang wide, and then super steep climb out. But in the woods, so from the start you can only see about half of the bottom-- the climb on the other side is up in the trees from your POV, so it's blind. I get to the bottom and lose a little speed due to a mud patch, and then I start the climb up. This is an easy feature, if you lose speed you can normally power up the end where it gets less steep. Only this time I notice 3/4 the way up that there's a new rut, and I'm in it, and the root at the top is sticking out way more than I can deal with from the bottom of the rut. I stall out, get unclipped, but it slopes like a dome to the right where my weight is so I'm going over anyways. And then I start rolling and rolling and actually intentionally kept juggling the bike over top of me to save it. At the bottom I kind of land of my feet-ish, with one foot ankle deep in mud, my bike on it's nose in the mud, and the rear wheel in my hand. It's SHOCKING just how much thinking you can get done in one of those situations.
God I wish I had a video. It was like the one with @topslop1 on that switchback where he goes over and rolls, but I went another 15' down and it was like 55 degree steep to begin with.
So then what do you do? Well, I straightened my seat back out, and then made the hike back up to the start and did it again. Successfully... just 4" to the left of the rut did the trick. #ManCard
I think I'm ok. Maybe a back strain, a welt the size of a lime on the back of my left hand, scrapes on my elbows. But basically fine. And lots of mud on the bike. You know you had a good "digger" when you have to clean mud off your top cap.
So bike is ok. That's the important part.
The trails got 3.7" of rain last Saturday morning. A normal month of June is 3.4", so that was crazy. There were lots of new deep ruts all over the trail, and where roots were in the ground previously they're now like a 6" obstacle.
This was one of those, but at an area called "The Pit". It's kind of like a snowboard pipe, where it's super steep entry (vertical) super flat creek bottom that's dang wide, and then super steep climb out. But in the woods, so from the start you can only see about half of the bottom-- the climb on the other side is up in the trees from your POV, so it's blind. I get to the bottom and lose a little speed due to a mud patch, and then I start the climb up. This is an easy feature, if you lose speed you can normally power up the end where it gets less steep. Only this time I notice 3/4 the way up that there's a new rut, and I'm in it, and the root at the top is sticking out way more than I can deal with from the bottom of the rut. I stall out, get unclipped, but it slopes like a dome to the right where my weight is so I'm going over anyways. And then I start rolling and rolling and actually intentionally kept juggling the bike over top of me to save it. At the bottom I kind of land of my feet-ish, with one foot ankle deep in mud, my bike on it's nose in the mud, and the rear wheel in my hand. It's SHOCKING just how much thinking you can get done in one of those situations.
God I wish I had a video. It was like the one with @topslop1 on that switchback where he goes over and rolls, but I went another 15' down and it was like 55 degree steep to begin with.
So then what do you do? Well, I straightened my seat back out, and then made the hike back up to the start and did it again. Successfully... just 4" to the left of the rut did the trick. #ManCard
I think I'm ok. Maybe a back strain, a welt the size of a lime on the back of my left hand, scrapes on my elbows. But basically fine. And lots of mud on the bike. You know you had a good "digger" when you have to clean mud off your top cap.
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06-27-17, 09:30 PM
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06-27-17, 09:30 PM
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06-27-17, 09:43 PM
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Optimist or summat. Bathtub. The class is for kids 4-6 or so (and their parents). After this we can do classes with a little bigger boats and they have a sailing club where you can take a boat out any time you want.
06-28-17, 04:40 AM
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06-28-17, 04:41 AM
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06-28-17, 04:43 AM
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Sailing. Can't relate. Though my sig on recumbent boards is "Bent Surfing the Great Corn Sea."
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06-28-17, 05:01 AM
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06-28-17, 06:01 AM
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06-28-17, 06:07 AM
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06-28-17, 06:08 AM
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ouch!
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06-28-17, 07:20 AM
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Rain, rain, rain. Took the dog out for the morning walk and the light rain had me thinking that I might head out for a ride anyway... but the hourly forecast is calling for thunderstorms through the afternoon. 
06-28-17, 07:22 AM
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Yeah, I don't know what to do. Every day unsettled weather here in Houston. I hate getting wet and just can't force myself to take the chance.