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Last Week Adam & I got one more distinctly Eastern Sierras big view ride in together before he moved to the more forested Pacific NorthWest.
Wildfire smoke was blanketing a lot of the west so we headed for the high country to hopefully climb above most of smoke as it flows around this discontinuous mountain range. Had to get Adam away from a possible asthma reaction and fortunately it all worked out quite well.
This is a fun & dramatic ride from one side of mountain to the other as we used a 19th century haul road that in years past collected ore from numerous workings to take to a common mill site via a pair of lofty peaks above the tree line. I pity the poor mules that had to haul carts up and over 11,000 ft passes and then down to a 7000ft mill site. They probably didn't lose track of the number of switchbacks there as I did while cruising along on Betty Boop my 223cc XT/TW/TTR play bike.
While somewhat steep, and perhaps a little hard on those man and machines not acclimated to elevation, this once again made for a memorable day for a pair of us mile-highers.
Wildfire smoke was blanketing a lot of the west so we headed for the high country to hopefully climb above most of smoke as it flows around this discontinuous mountain range. Had to get Adam away from a possible asthma reaction and fortunately it all worked out quite well.
This is a fun & dramatic ride from one side of mountain to the other as we used a 19th century haul road that in years past collected ore from numerous workings to take to a common mill site via a pair of lofty peaks above the tree line. I pity the poor mules that had to haul carts up and over 11,000 ft passes and then down to a 7000ft mill site. They probably didn't lose track of the number of switchbacks there as I did while cruising along on Betty Boop my 223cc XT/TW/TTR play bike.
While somewhat steep, and perhaps a little hard on those man and machines not acclimated to elevation, this once again made for a memorable day for a pair of us mile-highers.