Strike a light expedition

[murph the surfMember]

Early start to the day leaving home about 6:30
Bit dusty on the drive through the forest
Crew- Dude, Wardy, Lance, Mick, Jackson, Tim and I.
The tracks were far from dusty
I struggled with traction on the very slippery black surface but it was all fun :woohoo:
We found our way out to the Teddy Bear track after doing a very long hill with whoop after whoop
Teddy bear and the hill to follow were the highlights for me :woohoo:
Jackson, Lance and Mick had trouble with the hill
Mick did get up after a few attempts
Jackson was fatigued and only made it halfway :whistle:
Tim and I rode back down to check out what was going on and after some discussion it was decided we would all come back down and find another way
Tim and I rode back up and found Lance had another option around the side of the mountain which we thought we would show Jackson
I rode back down to Jackson and we rode the way Lance had gone
Just as we got to the corner at the ridge line I took off thinking Jackson was right behind me :ohmy:
Unfortunately he was not and after waiting at the top with the crew Mick decided to go and see where he was. Jackson had come off at a log hop before the hill and was turfed down the hill taking out a nasty looking stump. He was winded and very sore around the chest. :pinch: We waited with him until he had regained his strength and it was decided to head back to camp.
With Jackson packed up and gone we then rode back out for some more exploration
Another track which had not been used for some time was found which took us from the river back up to the ridges. This track was a bit of a challenge and we had to stop a couple of times to clear fallen timber.
Lance had issues with his rear sprocket bolts coming loose and had to ride the rest of the ride with only 5 bolts and an 8mm nut stolen from an old blinker mount.
Found our way to the northern side of mountain where there was a bit more good stuff to get amongst :woohoo:
Thanks for leading, Dude and thanks for doing the sweep duties, Mick
Had fun
Cheers
Murph

[murph the surfMember]

Tim overtaking Lance in the river bed

Jackson at the river

Our trusty sweep for the day, Mick

Most of the crew

Mick on the hill of the day

Mick sneaking past Jackson

Tim, styling

Lance getting caught on a log hop

Tim in search of creek tracks

Mick at the over/under

Lance

That’s all folks
I think Dude got a few more pics
Cheers
Murph

[DudeMember]

Wardy

slow dog

tim

action jackson

murph





red

i spy

[murph the surfMember]

Cool pics, Dude :woohoo:
Glad you managed to get one or two of Wardy.
I was beginning to think he was camera shy :laugh: :laugh:
Thanks again for the ride

Just called Jackson and he said he fine.
He said it hurt when he lifted anything so maybe light duties for a week or so. :whistle:
Good to hear he is OK.

Cheers
Murph

[DudeMember]

Dudes view

Had a good time.

https://youtu.be/95H9Qp0W6lM

enjoy

[EvanMember]

cool vid Dude, did you find much good stuff

[Joe YoungMember]

Looks like you guys had a great time…that over under with all that mud looked a little tricky…nice little edit on the vid too…looking forward to getting on a ride

[DudeMember]

BellingenEv wrote:

cool vid Dude, did you find much good stuff

not really any more than I knew before,, time got away from us and I think I should really need more time and maybe not ride the trails I knew. A lot of open stuff like ……roads that lack excitement (too well maintained),

next time more time.

[Chris NicholsonMember]

You need a guide

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