t660redrocket
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When I can no longer boondock, I'm done! If I want to drive 80 with everything whizzing by I'll just hop in the Yukon or on the Magna and cruise I-35.
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When I can no longer boondock, I'm done! If I want to drive 80 with everything whizzing by I'll just hop in the Yukon or on the Magna and cruise I-35.
Nuts again
Guarden tools now , and mohawks with monster stickers. Happy holloween famouseguy.
Really famouse the only thing you need a shovel for on the TRAIL is to plunge into the muffpot full of scalloped potatos and ham that mom makes from scratch for us.
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Guarden tools now , and mohawks with monster stickers. Happy holloween famouseguy.
Really famouse the only thing you need a shovel for on the TRAIL is to plunge into the muffpot full of scalloped potatos and ham that mom makes from scratch for us.
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shoelessjoe
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Off trail riding is a riot when the conditions are right. When snow is low and all the gremlins (stumps, logs, rocks) are tryin to grab you it can be a bit stressful and less enjoyable.
In the last few years I have found that my best day-long rides have been all off trail on untouched two tracks or just playing in the woods, fields or ditches. This past weekend I was up at our cabin riding and in two short days of riding I only did about 80 miles but it was all in 3ft or more of untouched snow. I was tired, sore, sweaty and flat out whipped by the end but it was awesome!
In the last few years I have found that my best day-long rides have been all off trail on untouched two tracks or just playing in the woods, fields or ditches. This past weekend I was up at our cabin riding and in two short days of riding I only did about 80 miles but it was all in 3ft or more of untouched snow. I was tired, sore, sweaty and flat out whipped by the end but it was awesome!
Spent my first three years riding sleds in the PTR but have been riding off trail in the Keweenaw now for the better part of the last eight years and yes, I thought I was pretty good, right up till I went riding with a “twenty-something”, born and raised, hard core “Keweenawite” sledder. My first thought as we got to the off-trail cut out was, were going up there, we can’t do that, you’ve got to be kidding, but before I could get a word out, off they went. I sat there for a second thinking no way, but not wanting to be a “Nancy” I pinned it and followed up the vertical untracked path. Having gotten to the top I then had a chance to look at what lay ahead of us; this wasn’t a trail, just a series of deep ravines, complete with running water, insane side hills and vertical climbs that made the first one look like and ant hill, again the thought I can’t do this but then that “Nancy” thing came up in my head again so off I went. I have to admit I have never been so scared and yet so exhilarated in all my years of off trail riding in the Keweenaw. I did managed to survive the day riding terrain I didn’t think was possible on a sled, at least with my skill set, and was a bit more humble as I had thought I was a “hard core” off trail rider but apparently I didn’t really know what a local Keweenawite kid considered ‘off trail”. Anyway, I am looking forward to another “exhilarating” ride this Saturday as they called last night inviting the “old man” to come along again, I can’t wait, although this time I’m wearing my “Depends” undergarments…
Riding terrain you are not sure you can ride is the best part of riding off-trail. I totally gave up trails years ago, and have absolutely ZERO desire to go back. There is just something about riding up a steep hill in waist-deep snow that is amazing.
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polarisrider1
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Amen. Especially if the hill requires picking a line and some turning rather than pin it and go. I will still trail ride a bit once and a while. Went 190 miles last Friday. Done with that for at least a couple of years.
I am 35 and have been riding sleds since I was 4 or 5. I thought I had it all figured out (including off trail) until several years ago when I went out west for the first time with some guys in their later 50's that have been riding in the mountains for a LONG time. These guys don't ride in open areas and ride in some very technical terrain. 5 minutes in we left the trail and were in some mandatory side hilling terrain immediately. I was lost and felt like I had never even been on a sled before. Spent the better part of the next several days trying not to be the anchor and learn. Now I find myself looking for areas, hills, whatever that I previously would not have even considered. It can certainly be hard work and I have been running 4 miles 5 days a week for the better part of a year now and can definitely say that it helps a ton. The last 2 trips up in the Yoop I rode with some pretty good riders and when they need breaks I seem to have a lot less problems. Any kind of serious off trail riding definitely requires one to be in some sort of moderate physical condition unless you are stopping all the time.