Wednesday, April 13, 2011

another camp

this time is the crazy climbing portsmouth camp. this was probably one the camp i always looked forward to every season. reasoning; it's cheap, challenging, and there will always be something happened during the camp. it's either to the camp, to the fun times, to the after the camp moments, etc. the other thing, this is the 1st i came to the site of my major bike crash on a race. and, this time, i came back with a different bike.
it all started good. we went down in the early morning hours, planning to ride abt 5-6 hours. we started abt the planned time. rode up the 1st switchback hills. felt pretty strong and a little ease compare to past seasons.
then came the 2nd round of the hills. this time, it's harder. still felt pretty good, not as strong as the morning round, but still feel the little ease compare to past seasons.
after all that, we were to do an out and back route to go back to where we parked. here were the fun came. when we reached the turn around point, the sky was dark and everyone knew the storm is brewing and dfntly coming our way. as we all rode back, probably just abt 5 miles riding in to get back, it rained on us. at first, i thought, ...well, it's not that bad...i'v ridden in much worse rain...but then, the lightning and thunder started, here come a litle caution on my side and then the rain started to become harder....so, i started thinking, maybe we should stop, but then, as i reached to certain point, coach picked us all up in the middle of the road. what a relieve. yeach......
at this point, we are all soaking wet from the rain....
like i said, every camp, or season, there is always something that could happened during the camp, and this year....it's the rain and storm....oh well...we'll get back at some other time....

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