The Horsethief 99, day 2
| Horsethief99 | Day 1 -- this is Day 2 -- Day 3 -- Day 4 -- Day 5 -- Day 6 | See the 1998 Horsethief 500 or the Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route (OBDR 2000) |
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Helge |
Alex |
North Ridge |
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After |
Climbing |
Perry |
At the top |
Rugged |
Supertanker |
Alex climbing |
Climbing Quartz |
Keenan meadows. |
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Morning, DAY 2
Steep ups and downs on the North Ridge trail. |
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Alex, our meticulous german friend, wiggles the RMX between a rock and a hard place. |
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Helge manuevers his wide-load around tight switchbacks on North Ridge trail. |
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Helge breaks out into the clearcut.
Such a relief to get out of the trees.... .......he's twistin' that thang! |
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.....dang! |
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I waited at the top of this hill to see if Helge would make it. It was steep, rooty and difficult. Really! But in the picture, it looks level. It takes a good photographer to realistically portray the steepness of a trail. In this case our best photographer was raising a plume of dirt and a hack was running the camera. Perry waits in the background. |
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Perry making his way to the top.
Photo ©Helge Pedersen |
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Chris zooms past panoramic views and alpine flora enroute to Windy
pass.
In the far backgound is Snoqualmie pass looking NorthWest. |
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It appears that Helge is pausing to take in the rugged beauty of
the Cascades.
The professional photographer is actually thinking of f-stops or how he might use his new gyro-syabilized telephoto lens. He's lamenting the ever-present burden of trying to decide if it's worth digging a camera out. |
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Helge's borrowed XR650L, with the 5-gallon Acerbis desert tank, performs supertanker duty to Alex's thirsty RMX. The desert tank did not allow lock-to-lock steering, but a guy who would have brought a BMW wouldn't even notice such trivia.
Photo ©Helge Pedersen |
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Alex is getting the hang of the RMX as he winds along along the Manastash ridgetop towards Quartz mountain. Hint - if you want Helge to take your picture, ride stylishly past gnarled, bleached evergreens.
Photo ©Helge Pedersen |
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Manastash ridge trail edges past unseasonal snowbanks on the last rocky hillclimb to Quartz mountain. Alex has a fair amount of experience riding heavy motorcycles in rocks. Tomorrow he'll ride a light motorcycle up a clay hillclimb with crappy tires. Fun!
Photo ©Helge Pedersen |
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Towards the end of DAY 2.
The trail down from Quartz mountain meanders along the Manastash creek thru Hereford and Keenan meadows; enroute to Buck Meadows to camp for the night. |
| Horsethief99 | Day 1 -- this is Day 2 -- Day 3 -- Day 4 -- Day 5 -- Day 6 | See the 1998 Horsethief 500 or the Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route (OBDR 2000) |
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Would
you follow this man?
Tom Myers is the owner of CycoActive Inc / Touratech-USA in Seattle, WA. |
CycoActive Website:
Cyco rides: Horsethief 500 (1998) Horsethief 99 (1999) OBDR (2000) |
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Helge Pedersen is a world-famous moto-photo journalist, and author of the book "Ten Years on Two Wheels". See his website at: www.globeriders.com
©1999 CycoActive. (updated 8/29/99)
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