Tales from the Trails

Tale #8: A Love Letter to Inside Passage by Michelle “Scooter” Bostick

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · July 26, 2020

...I had heard about the Sturdy Dirty Enduro and really wanted to try it but knew there was no way I would be able to race if I couldn’t get to the top. Then something wonderful happened...

Tale #7: Cougar Snack by Nick Newhall

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · July 24, 2020

...building a turn. Suddenly the forest went quiet. The chirping and other general animal sounds one hears in the forest suddenly vanished...

Tale #6: Legend of The Pneumothorax by Joe Dagonese

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · July 23, 2020

...well, I know my priorities too! I jumped right into it, rolled into Legend and felt very good. Little breaking up front and thinking I’m on pace for another PR. Pride comes before the...

Tale #5: Lost in the mists of Tiger by John Traeger

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · July 23, 2020

...after a somewhat muddy ride session, this guy in a floppy brim had and soaked convertible cargo pants walks up with a wild look in his eyes and says, “is this the High Point trailhead?” We said no, that we were on the...

Tale #4: by Ryan Kitchen

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · July 21, 2020

...I was only half way down NOTG at Tiger. I yanked off my glove, and reduced the dislocation. I had the woods to myself and I said some loud words I won’t repeat. I couldn’t ride out, it was dusk, and I needed to do a self extraction alone and injured...

Tale #3: Too Many Hours in My Chamois by Dan Murphy

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · July 20, 2020

...to look for them *just in case*, I parked my Volvo wagon in the lower lot under one of the few street lamps out there, visible to traffic on Hwy 18. (Dirtbag security system.) There were a handful of...