3 of us took off friday and headed to Rico CO, with little more than some FS maps, and having watched a few youtube vids of the area. It did not disappoint. Heading up Upper Calico Trail saturday AM. which 10 minutes later turned into hell. not my vid but watch. take note of the trail at the 2:33 mark. "turn right, you die" View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnRodolOKKc well, the trail was in much worse condition than in the video above, and my freind Adam slipped a front tire off there and went down the hill. no death, minor injuries, fawked loaner bike. Trail in red, adam and bike where they stopped tumbling. we figure it was close to 100' below the trail where they came to a stop. trail is at the horizon in this pic had to drag the bike all the way down, estimating 800-1k feet this view of the field/trail was taken from 3/4 mile away. a little vid of dragging the bike down the rocks. View: http://youtu.be/9fpyZVuU1SQ needless to say it pretty much ended his day. took a few hours to recover the bike and then gimp it back to camp busted to hell. left him there to work on it a bit and the two of us went out to knock some more miles. Sunset at camp it was quite wet, we had to dry our gear in the morning. Sunday the 3 of us headed south to hit Lower callico, and priest gulch. 12,900' we got cell service and checked in with the wives for the first time in 3 days purdy I had no kickstand so had to improvise everywhere. sometimes you just have to stop and take a lil nap in the woods good times. if you are looking for some mean singletrack, Rico has it.
getting some vids uploaded today. View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYyw_FztbJ4 View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXw9Ll8pUY0 View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcAb9fYvuAI
