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(I) :: w '\.ir31A.l'if...1 z w ..J U >U Swee pstakes w inner J O~ n T routt goes over a log , d ucks a branch and stays on ti me. h wh eel loc ked? The liter all y tossed th e through th e air. I killed. I rode down b ik e sto p pe d and gu y ab out 60 fe e t though t h e 'd been to h im and h e was j us t picking h im self up. He sto od looking up at the bike and sh akin g h is head, say ing very so ftly. U\ Vow! " Paul's Hill -. was n ext and it wa s a lot h ar d e r , main ly because you had to st art from almost a dead stop to get up and a lways th ere were bi kes in the wa y on . the only lo gical p ath up. It too k me ten minute s ( tha t I su re ly c o u ld n ' t afford) to ge t up that o ne. as A fter that th ere were only some m ore CERA S outh ro cks, a cou ple m ore len gths of rail road track, a lot m ore m u d , some more lo gs, about three creeks to cro ss , and just to make sure we h ad e n o ugh, we finis he d up o n the rai lroad ties ag ain . The end o f the ru n was actually about three miles from cam p and b etween th e last c hec k and th e camp I ran out o f gas. Even m y extra c an te en full had n't been enough . A fellow on a H u sk y ga ve me a bit and th en a fellow on a H onda gave m e a bit more and I limped o n in. What a run! I w as so tired my bo ne s were rub be r. Moderatel y d iffi cu lt , hu h ? I f th e y eve r th ro w a to u gh one , th ey c an j us t plan on buryin g me a t th e finish . This spring season has seen a bun ch of fin e Enduro sjrn ore than I w ould ev e r p o ssible , le t al o ne h av e b eli eved probable . But fo r me th is o ne w as tops. Beautiful ridin g in th e red dirt fores t, mo re th an 60 p er cent trai ls, eve ry kind o f ch allen ge imag in ab le except a sandwash, an d set right a t th e edge o f a good rider's abilit y . T he onl y com plaint I h eard vo iced o n the whole run - and it w as a le g i t im ate o ne co nce rn e d the marking. There was p lenty o f it and it w as alw ay s p o ssible to find you r wa y, but it w as t he mo st difficult m arkin g to foll ow th a t I have ever seen. Som etimes even wh en y o u kn ew the re was a turn and you had st opped for it , you co uld n ' t find it. S omeh ow, the guy wh o did· th e markin g j ust did n't know where to put hi s arrows a n d rib b o n . Lu ckily h e wa s th orough, if n ot very skillful , so you could n ' t really get lost, just fr ustrated. One o f th e re asons that the CERA North is able to put o n su ch fin e runs is If number 48 is on t ime, tho se guy s inback are in tr ouble! th a t th e y h a ve very good rela tio ns with th e U.S . Fo re st S ervic e. Three of th e lo c al rangers are h ike rid e rs an d qui te compe ten t end u ro riders . Minute 17 this ye a r wa s th e Forest Se rvice minute, wi th thre e ran ger s and o ne of th e ran ger's so n s ridin g. A n on-d u ty ranger go t a lot _o f kid d ing wh en he c he cke d th eir sp ark a rreste rs , but th ey go t c hecked th e: same as everyone else. With suc h firs t-h and ex pe rience , they are able to w ork with th e cl u b to la yout good, ch alle ngi ng trail that at th e sa me tim e is unli kely to b e dam aged . In this 105-milc eve n t the re was e x tre m ely little damage in sp ite o f its really ru gged n ature. Th e club is go in g to have t o bl o ck a c o up le o f t rai ls to let tb em gro w ove r a bi t and m a ke a few water b a rs. T bat will b e all th e repair n eeded. In cidentall y, th ose ran gers kn ow th e forest lik e most o f u s kn ow o ur livin g ro oms and the y' re in abo u t the sa me phy sical shape as y o u r average Ol ymp ic runner. The y 're go ing to be so me tough com pe ti tio n in a cou ple o f ye ars! Many of th e top North ern riders are up at the IS OT qualifier thi s week , including b o th o f the J enkins bo ys and Jim Spa rkes, hut a ve ry en th usiastic J ohn T ro u tt stayed d own here just to m a ke sure n obody go t away with fir st pl ace. He t u rne d in the to p sc o re o f minus 6 on a 17 5 Penton. Re sults as available immediately after the e n d u ro are listed below , bu t there is quite a lot o f c hec kin g ye t to h e done. One rider, J ohn N oor, ze roed th e en tire run exce p t fo r o ne c hec k which h e bl asted into 7 minutes h ot ! Fin e run, except. .. Politi cal ac tivist in th e motorcycle c aus e , A lan By gdnes, tied with Noor (bo th lo st 14 p oi nts) and b etween th em they 'll take sec ond a n d th ird A -H eavywei ght. There we re 141 finish ers o u t o f 33 0 starter s. CERA N orth is reall y taking its enduro rol e seriously a n d is givin g the Distri ct AMA clubs there a m ark to sh o ot fo r. T bey n ow have an in teresting n e wsl e tt er coming out o n an almo st reg u la r b asi s and tb ey 'v e . spon so re d m emb er Jim Jenkins in th e ISDT qualifie rs. They've set a new hi gh in p ress relations to o, even to the extent of f urni shin g a g ui d e to g o o d pi cture-takin g sp ots and a number fo r this re p o rte r , who d idn't know he was go in g up there until the ni ght before . That's really appreciated, a lmost as much as a good e n du ro . •••the OUT-OF-THE-BOX WINNER O ut-of-the-Box, On-theBikeequiprrent includes: 21 hp Sachs six-speed 'B' engine (2 G 4hp Pversion optional) with IVkJtoplat transistorized ignition, SWJdish 4130 chromemoly tube frame, Ceriani forks, Girling shocks, Akront rims, Trelleborg tires, M1~ra controlsall in a 53-inch lMloolbase vvith a low, 195-lb. \/\,llight. ISDT and Enduro versionsalso available fff O V\€ miss anything? NO! We used the id finest componentsand 'trick stu ff' available to build the MONARK. 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