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Cycle News 1972 02 29

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Rocks In this section the idea was t o climb tw o sets of rocks and m aintain su ffi cient balance to avo id dabbing. Part II Photo Seri es By Ro n Sch neiders ~ w Z W ...J U ~ U 1.) Shows a head on view o f t he co urse to be transversed . 2.) Thi s sect ion h as a n easy entra nce . -- i: ;-:_.... _ ... . . . ~-- ~J ." ~ .d '" " - . ·4 .- 70' " .....__ . 7 .) Not e t ha t th e fr o nt wh eel m ust sta y up in the a ir t o clear th e crac k between th e rock s on top. But n ow R ich mu st t h ink ab o ut slowing d own becau se in ... • • to '.." 3 .) T he first p ro blem is to avoid having eithe r wh eel slide into the crev ice between th e rocks wh ich ca n be see n c learl y in p hot o 4 . Rich m ust st ay very well balanced over the small rock to have the con trol necessa ry t o get over t he bigger on e in good sha pe . 8,) ...We see there is a big drop into a pile of jumb led rocks wa iting. Water Section 4.' Rich actually lofts th e front wheel" and places it where he wants i't. 5 .) This photo shows just how tight the line he must fo llow is. A f ract ion of an i nch to the right and his rear wheel is jam med in the crevice. Rich says there's a lot of luck involved in water sections because, since you can't see the bottom, you can't really pick a line.

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