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Ron wrote:Accommodation booked all ready to go. Don’t know about sleeping in the bunk house at Ensay, let’s hope that everybody is worn out enough to not notice the snoring.
Earplugs are your friend in bunkhouse accomodation. That way I can’t here myself snore either
Might make them wary about the water crossings too
Oldfatbeerman wrote:A teaser for those who are interested in the High country riding .A ride report from my last High Country ride 5 years ago.
Just a few words of encouragement to anyone who is not too sure of his or her ability to tackle this High Country ADV ride with RideAdv , In the above ride report , the guy on the red KLR , Craig , had only ridden a bike half a dozen or so times previous to doing that ride with us , he was a flatmate of Dan’s that showed some interest in what we were doing , so , Dan sold him his KLR when Dan bought the 640 ADV , we took Craig out into the Watagans two weeks prior to the High Country ride and I trialled him on some tracks that some men have trouble doing on Enduro bikes , he came through that , but had a close encounter with a Peugeot on Mount View rd on the run back into the Watagans from our lunch stop and had to straighten himself and the bike out , he still completed the ride that day . two weeks later he did the High Country as in the report linked above and without front brakes for most of it . So , you see that with a bit of nous and some bravado you can most likely do it .
What is Craig up to now you ask ????
Last I heard he was living the life of an adventure riding nomad , based in London doing jaunts all over Europe when funds allow on an F 800 GS , just goes to show you don’t need anything more than desire and opportunity to change your world .
Cheers
AlanLet me say this is the 4th time I have been up and down Mt Pinnibar on this side and it’s really changed :ohmy:
So Pete and I pre-ran the day 1 special today. Today was an adventure, a true adventure ride. The run up Mt Pinnibar was the toughest 30 mins I have ever done. I havent been so scared and excited at the same time for ages. At times I couldnt believe I was still going up and on the bike. It makes Jacobs ladder look and feel like the Sydney / Newcastle F3 freeway. The rocks were relentless, the water has washed every bit of fill out between them making sunny corner seem like a sandy beach!!
It rained towards the top and made it even worse with fogging goggles and visors. Once the photos were completed we headed down a dfiierent way towards Omeo. We came across a rocky downhill, and looking back I should have followed my gut and got off. A 200 kilo bike down a hill most couldnt ride an enduro bike up wasnt going to end well. Still full of stupidity I headed down. I came to grief as I was almost stopped, in the process of dropping the bike I dislocated my left thumb!! Pete helped me pick the bike up as I wondered what to do now, reality was there was no going back. The thumb to wrist joint was all out of wack but after some painful rooting around it went back in and while sore worked. We bulldogged the bikes down the ledge and headed on. It rained and then pissed down, I am not complaining because when I got a rear flat an hour later it stopped raining! Pete helped me change the tube and we had a can of tuna each. It was half past 1 and it was all we had eaten all day!! Onwards we headed to Omeo. Once here we checked in and crawled into a rum.
Mt Pinnibar may not be in the ride for a few reasons. The track condition is far worse then I have ever seen it for one. The track is so weather depend that any rain will make the section from the river to the turn off unable to be done by a recovery vehicle or an adventure bike
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