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It has come to my attention that I was never born to be a leader:laugh: . There were five of us arrive for this ride myself, Ralph(non obt), John(non obt), Gotowo (Grant), Steve(non obt)and it only took 5 minutes for me to get us all lost and onto tracks I had never seen before and I think its safe to say that everyone was probably wondering “what the f$%k” when I kept having to ask would the cars be this way or that way :blush:. Just 3 kms into the ride I found a downhill nightmare and stopped at the top shaking like a bowl of jelly, while 2 of the crew rode on by and headed down. Both had little offs on the way down but made it. This meant it was time to toughen up and follow my crew into battle(big mistake:blink: ). I literally put the brakes on the ride for an extended period by putting the brakes on too hard and ending up with this fine mess to try and clean up.
After careful consideration we decided although the front was now facing up that a downhill option would still be better as it was steep and very slippery, so with a lot of effort the bike was up and flipped around (thanks fellas). Steve was riding a DR650 with road/trail tyres and after seeing my effort thought it was a good idea not to go down (a man much smarter than myself:S ), which left 2 at the bottom, 2 at the top and me in the middle like a big goose. Ralph and JD(John) had had a few attempts at coming back up while we were sorting my bike and they had no luck so after getting mine to the bottom we decided that both teams would try and work their way back to the cars and join up again. Somehow we actually acheived this in minimal time and no dramas, so off on the ride part 2 :silly: .We rode a different way to first time, but I still managed to have us on tracks I hadn’t seen before seconds into the ride:unsure: . We rode through the muster site which is already starting to get a crowd camping there and came across some tracks so head off into them and although still having no idea where we were had a good time on some quite pleasant tracks with some challenging stuff but not over the top. Ralph and JD had travelled up from Brisbane to see this hill I had told them about that just continually drops down and I was hoping to find it but it wasn’t looking good with my sense of direction, so it was with great pleasure we came to a crossroad which looked familiar(although from a different direction to when I was last taken there:huh: ). As you can’t really see the track I still wasn’t sure but told the fellas I think this is Gentle Annie so expect a long ride on the brakes going down. Ralph, JD and Gotowo head down while Steve and I stayed up top for some happy snaps of the others. Ralph clocked it on his trip meter and it was a 1.1km continous drop to the bottom:blink:
Gotowo descending
JD
JD coming back up
Ralph coming back up
As usual pics don’t show steepness and how slippery but it was both:laugh: , here is a pic looking straight out at view.
With Ralph and JD back at the top we were not sure if Gotowo was coming back up as he had said he may not. We waited a bit just in case as its not a place to meet someone coming the other way as going downhill you are pretty much just along for the ride(uphill as well for that matter;) ). After a bit it was decided I would head down and find him, only to come around a corner to see his bike laying on the ground looking much like I did last ride. Gotowo was exhausted so we picked the bike up and we faced it back to the bottom and after a rest we head on down. Down the bottom we were concerned that was going to be a bloody big chore on a Dr650 with not so suitable tyres so while Gotowo had a rest I went up another track to try and find an easier way back up to the others. I seemed to be just going further away so after a while turned and came back to find Ralph back down and saying Steve and JD were following. Steve apparently had a couple of offs on the way down but I think with that hill and that bike and tyres it was stuff legends are made of to even have a go well done mate. As we were all at the bottom I decided I wouldn’t go back up(thats my story and I am sticking to it, truth be told seeing Grant on the ground brought back bad memories from last ride:) ). We then head off up the track I had gone up trying to find an easier way down for Steve with me giving all the lads a warning about a hidden mud hole that had foot or more deep 4wd drive wheel ruts in it that I had hit at speed earlier and had been passenger to one heck of a ride I couldn’t believe I was still standing for on the other side. Although I had warned the others I still came upon it at speed again and went for pretty much the same ride:blush:. I stopped the other side to let the others know it was there with all taking diversionary action except for JD who for some reason was a long way behind and came upon us all stopped on the other side. Thinking we were stopped his side of it he kept the boot in and like me had no chance of stopping as he came up the hill to it and took the same crazy ride I did and luckily also came out the other side standing although looking at it from another prospective made it look even scarier:blink: . This track ended up being quite good with some good hills that all bikes could handle until we got to this rock fest.
It was another pretty hidden thing and sprung up while at pace so was just hang on and try and find a line, unfortunately mine was not the one and I got hung up on a tree root. This forced Ralph and JD to jump to the other side to miss me and that was the place to be with them going to the top. Steve had stopped to avoid me and we all decided that from a standing start he had a fight on his hands so we decided to turn around and TRY to find the cars for a lunch break.Ralph and JD coming back down
The tree root to the left was where my attempt came to an end so I still have plenty to conquer at Amamoor:laugh: .Peter……… Thanks for organising the ride, it was a great day. That gentle bloody annie is not so gentle, was a hell of a hill. Got the scars (limp actually) to prove it. If anything I’m learning my limitations. Good thing I had the body armour. Shoudnt have had that second attempt. Exhaustion and addrenaline not a good mix. Next time I’ll have a new tyre.
Steve (SK8) on the new dr650 managed to get around relativley unscathed.
Thanks also to John and Ralph good to see you had a good time after lunch. You would have to be buggered today, I am, and only did the morning and 51klm. Steve and I had a relaxing couple of beers and a burger at the Kandanga pub.
Heres another photo of your handywork just to rub it in.
Great report SirD – looks like a lot of fun to be had in amongst the drama there!
AnonymousGood report mate, I laughed when I saw the bike upside down. It reminds me of so many days having a go at tricky little hill climbs
In the words of Kanye West – what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Keep the reports coming, it’s nice to see the shennanigans that go on
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