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Surviving Rubicon… Out The Other End

October 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · 2009 Rubicon Adventure

So you want to run the Rubicon Trail… And who wouldn’t… But what does it mean to survive the Con? For us it meant two long hard days on the trail with some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. It also meant a little carnage, a lot of fun [...]

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Oh My Hell… This Is Rubicon!

October 2nd, 2009 · 6 Comments · 2009 Rubicon Adventure

100 yards into the trail and we’re breaking out the hi-lifts…  Welcome to the Con! We’d heard tales, read about it on-line and seen pictures… But until you are facing down the Rubicon, it is hard to understand the knot that wells up in your stomach as you realize… this is wheeling… on the big stuff.
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The Gang Is Mostly Here

September 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · 2009 Rubicon Adventure

Today was the day the gang (or at least most of them) came into town.
Bernd is joining the group from Portland along with his son.  I met Bernd a couple of years back in Ouray, Co. at the second annual FJ Summit.  Since then I’ve had a few opportunities to run trails with him including [...]

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Whooo Hooo! Blue Bunny on the CON!

September 5th, 2009 · 4 Comments · 2009 Rubicon Adventure

That was the the message I received back after I let Mark (those of you who remember the tail of the Blue Bunny understand Mark’s affection for the nick name) know I would be able to join him on Metal Tech ’s Rubicon Trail adventure planned for the end of summer.
The Rubicon Trail is perhaps [...]

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