Kirsten said she wanted to ride Mississippi Creek Rd. Apparently she'd ridden part of it previously. I'd never heard of it, nor where it was. I think Henk was as uninformed as me. John B, Gary, Werner and Mike knew it. All said "Do you want to ride it all or just part way". This should have been a warning. "Why the choice" I asked. "Because no-one has managed to ride its entire length without walking part way, especially towards the top." Not a warning this time, just a blunt message.
I have no recollection of the process by which we agreed to give it a go!
First stop, Warburton.
Henk, still recovering from his Rotary Write Off and enticed by coffee aroma from Cafe Warbuton, peeled off here. We remaining headed east to Big Pats Rd then Mississippi Creek Rd.
It's dirt, long, very long, very, very long, goes steeply uphill without a break for around 1000km, after which it gets really steep. Forest to the left of us, forest to the right. MCR just kept going.
In our favour, the dirt was smooth, the weather right and we (or perhaps just me) were too intimidated by the capabilities ofJohn B, Gary and Werner, to get off our bikes and walk. So we strained and sweated (probably just me again) till reaching the kicker at the final 1km mark. PRIDE kicked in, remnants of adrenalin were found and we all ROAD to the summit.
A RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!
It was literally downhill from there back to Woori and a comfortable car seat home after 67km of solid work.
To be repeated???? Dunno!
Jon
Have to do Brittannia Creek rd up to Mt. Bride rd that's a nice ride through the forest
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