Skilly Magee

What happens when a skinny enduro geek rides up a big hill and sees this:


Well, initially the geek is at first excited and bombs down the opening of the descent. All is good until the going actually gets steep.


Then said geek has a few reservations but continues to ride at his limit, despite having very inappropriate tires for the presently loose and deeply rutted conditions. Then the trail gets a little worse...


But he gains confidence after actually riding it all. After some trecherous switchbacks, he encounters a rock drop. "Ok," he thinks, "I can ride this. I'll set up my camera on that there rock and look cool for all those people out there in blog land."

So he sets up the camera, runs back up the hill, and then...

Huh. That didn't go so well. The overeager rider failed to consider the slippery grus.

At least there was a nice reward waiting beyond the bushwhacking that followed the descent: a new canyon to explore.