Well, they say Leopard is a blue and we set out to find out. Also, this climb up the fireroad is a bit boring and this day serves as a nice transition to the monster challenge tomorrow which is to have lunch at the peak.
D has recovered and is back on his bike but K has headed off to the Kootenays. M is ready to rock.
I dropped them at the gate today but to be honest, they did not really need it. They are fine with the climb as a warmup.
We took breaks at 3 and 5 and shortly after, checked out the entrances to Ladies and to Pipeline (some guy died about a month ago on this one)
We entered Leopard and the boys rocked the first bit. A little walking, it is, after all, pretty tight and twisty. I was pleased with their progress and risk taking (not too much! - that can wait until they are teenagers).
And then it happened. Inevitable really. It is the North Shore. D did a little drop - woohoo'd - then slowed too much on a bridge and topsided off the 4' drop. Sounded like a transport truck parked on his foot. I guess he's too young to learn the language of Ted, because if that happened to Ted, it would've been much more colourful.
Walking a bit of the trail with M riding then he, too smashes his shin with his pedal. Yikes! Now two walking. I guess the plan of Crink'em Crank'em is off. We bailed out and took the road back down. M and I rode Floppy (he almost cleaned it!) while D met us at the gate.
D already has his chiro appointment booked, but two hours later and both boys are bad in good spirits.
Can't wait for tomorrow.
D has recovered and is back on his bike but K has headed off to the Kootenays. M is ready to rock.
I dropped them at the gate today but to be honest, they did not really need it. They are fine with the climb as a warmup.
We took breaks at 3 and 5 and shortly after, checked out the entrances to Ladies and to Pipeline (some guy died about a month ago on this one)
We entered Leopard and the boys rocked the first bit. A little walking, it is, after all, pretty tight and twisty. I was pleased with their progress and risk taking (not too much! - that can wait until they are teenagers).
And then it happened. Inevitable really. It is the North Shore. D did a little drop - woohoo'd - then slowed too much on a bridge and topsided off the 4' drop. Sounded like a transport truck parked on his foot. I guess he's too young to learn the language of Ted, because if that happened to Ted, it would've been much more colourful.
Walking a bit of the trail with M riding then he, too smashes his shin with his pedal. Yikes! Now two walking. I guess the plan of Crink'em Crank'em is off. We bailed out and took the road back down. M and I rode Floppy (he almost cleaned it!) while D met us at the gate.
D already has his chiro appointment booked, but two hours later and both boys are bad in good spirits.
Can't wait for tomorrow.
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