The Mountains Revenge 2015

1_startGetting jitters at the start

2_goatCan you find the Mountain Goat? He was waiting for me at the top of this climb and then slowly walked away up this slope.

3_radical_hillApproaching the top of Radical Hill.

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4_radical_hill2Scott S. is in this picture somewhere…to give it some scale!

5_glacier_peakSaints John Road coming down from Radical Hill with a neat sunset behind!

6_bathroomStopping in the 24hr bathroom at the Keystone base area sometime around 1am. There was a beer fest at Keystone and there were still some drunkards stumbling around, so I brought my bike right into the bathroom with me!

7_morningSunrise! Finally! 8.5 hours of night riding and climbing later it felt nice to see the sun again. Shirey left me in the dust on the nasty Garibaldi Gulch descent, so I was on my own here – but I caught him again on Galena Ditch.

8_kenHere’s Ken at the race check-in/check-out basecamp.

8_keystone_gulchPretty view of Keystone Gulch on Sunday morning.

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10_montezumaMontezuma, CO. Basecamp of the old Montezuma’s Revenge race held in the 80’s and 90’s.

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12_beers

Gotta have some beers after!

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