Horsethief 500 (1998)

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On July 31, 1998 Tom Myers, Dominic Groves, Helge Pedersen, Chris Poland and Perry Murray went on a 3-day on/offroad trip in Washington State called the Horsethief 500. See the BLOG for the full story.


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The start at CycoActive Headquarters
Chris, Helge, Nick, Tom, and Perry - ready to go at CycoActive World Headquarters.Tom and Nick run CycoActive. Helge, Chris and Perry met in South America on a motorcycle trip.
Chris, Helge, Nick, Tom, and Perry - ready to go at CycoActive World Headquarters.Tom and Nick run CycoActive. Helge, Chris and Perry met in South America on a motorcycle trip.
Aside from the large steel gate, this bridge appeared to be perfectly passable by motorcycle, provided you don\'t mind dragging body parts on the ground.Helge typically refrains from scratching his motorcycle unless it\'s absolutely necessary (as in this case.)
450 lbs of BMW launches off the end of the bridge.
Tom flicks the clutch to raise the footpegs out of a rooty rut. Such maneuvers become more difficult when you add a tent and sleeping bag to a 310 lb machine!
Nick traversing a steep hillside, headed for the last of the sunset.Helge Pedersen took this photo with Nick\'s disposable camera!
Perry, over the top at sunset. Chris is in the right background on this narrow ridgeline trail. This is near the end of Day 2.
Nick, over the top at sunset.
Helge, over the top at sunset.
Perry & Chris head for Deadman Pass. They\'re not \"lookin\' too spry\" at this point and are unaware that Deadman Pass will tax them further.
Sunset at the top of Deadman Pass.
The view into Horsethief Basin. Four of the approximately twenty switchbacks are visible in the photo as the trail drops six hundred feet into the basin. A motorcycle is typically seven feet long. This path is barely three feet wide, making several of these switchbacks the kind where you \"get off the bike and lift the rear wheel\". These are the kind of obstacles which ensure that Horsethief Basin will remain a remote and special place. We dropped into the basin just after sunset. It would be impossible to get the BMW back up this trail, so we were completely dependent on the exit (over Horsehead pass) being rideable. But that was tomorrow......
Chris arrives in Horsethief basin after dark. Deadman pass is in the background, just below the moon.
Perry arrives in Horsethief basin after dark.
Helge arrives in Horsethief basin after dark. Lucky for the moon, as he was having trouble with his headlight. A broken taillight bulb had twisted and was blowing the fuse.
Nick arrives in the basin after dark.
Our camp, Sunday morning.
Transglobal Adventurer Helge Pedersen, cowering from mosquitos.
Sunday morning, breaking camp. We all regret leaving this place.
Sunday Morning. Chris is riding, but he hasn\'t woken up yet.
Good morning Perry!
Nick, near Boiling Lake. This is a beautiful place, and it\'s open only for a few months in the summer. The rest of the time it\'s buried in snow. (Altitude 7200ft)
Chris has woken up and is starting to appreciate the basin. Too bad the exit climb to Horesehead Pass is only 1/2 mile away.....
Nick gets some help on the third switchback ascending Horsehead Pass. Helge looks down the hill at the switchbacks already conquered.
Switchback 3: Chris and Perry find that it\'s not easy to assist a Norwegian who intends to \"do it himself.\"
Switchback 3: Chris and Perry stand back as Helge muscles and finesses 450 lbs of BMW up Horsehead Pass. It\'s a good thing he stopped in at Ride West BMW for a bashplate before this trip.
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