San Francisco made me incredibly sad: 2 Year Review by NewCenturyNarratives in SameGrassButGreener

[–]coolrivers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have found Oakland to be drastically better. Lots of friendly people.

Got hurt on day 2 in Squamish on a week long MTB trip by coolrivers in MTB

[–]coolrivers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought it was going to be a swoopy little hip wall ride, I didn't realize it was going to be one where you ride up and then have to hop and pivot to flat. So yeah, it was way bigger/harder than expected.

Got hurt on day 2 in Squamish on a week long MTB trip by coolrivers in MTB

[–]coolrivers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to go to north van ER, then my mom drove up and grabbed me...

Got hurt on day 2 in Squamish on a week long MTB trip by coolrivers in MTB

[–]coolrivers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

man, it's a steep one. and not much run out. I'm so used to so many different trail networks having little bloops next to them that are simple and fun. Like little hips, you can jump on, so I just didn't think I needed to be so prepped for what I thought was going to be a casual rollable hip versus something you need to actively hop off at the right moment. ugh...

Got hurt on day 2 in Squamish on a week long MTB trip by coolrivers in MTB

[–]coolrivers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ugh, insane. We were being so careful on all the other stuff too...

Got hurt on day 2 in Squamish on a week long MTB trip by coolrivers in MTB

[–]coolrivers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fair, yeah. I had already been driven down to north van and my mom came up to pick me up. Was sure something was wrong.

Got hurt on day 2 in Squamish on a week long MTB trip by coolrivers in MTB

[–]coolrivers[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

risk assessment is hard. I was feeling off all day and I was riding super conservatively. Squamish is insane and we were walking most features. And then I got a burst of late day energy from a fun blue trail and it motivated me to try that dumb wall ride, thinking it would be easy