day off today and it was as awesome as ever .decided to mix it up ,with xc in the morning out at emerald forest with a maze of cool singletrack .then decided to re visit a river runs through it which i did a month ago .what a difference doing it the flowy way and with the improvement in my riding made for a great ride .
then after dinner headed back into the park .really enjoying being lift assisted !current favourite run from mid station is ninja cougar into karate monkey then samurai pizza cat ,ho chi min (where i passed a bear about 10 feet away which still impresses me ) then finish on heart of darkness .i find that is far enough outside my comfort zone but not so far to be to irresponsible re the old osteoporosis .it;s tight twisty rooty and much more involving than something like crank it up ,which is jump after jump after jump all the way down .(which is full on fun in it's own way ).

couple of pics from the top of whistler and blackcomb mountains .access via the peak to peak gondola that links the 2 mountains .it's truly breathtaking up there ,hope to persuade julie to ride it when she comes out .there is more info on it at whistlerblackcomb/summer but as far as i remember it;s the highest and longest gondola in the world .it's 4.4 kilometers long and if i remember correctly about 1600 feet from the valley floor which bearing in mind the elevation whistler is at is pretty damn high i'm sure you will agree .
the pic you can see looking down on trees is from the gondola with a glass bottom which is well worth the 15 minute wait for .the other beauty is i can go as often as i like on my bike park pass .i've also asked and you can take your bike up to the mid station ,lock it up there carry on to the summit,catch the peak then on the way back hop off and cruise back down the bike park which sounds pretty damn awesome .must give that a go .thats about it for now but i think you'll agree pics well worth sharing .

well another tough week has passed .survived last sunday night though monday in the park 10am was a bit of an ordeal .so memo to self take it easy with the sauce !f/b pics make it look as if i had quite a few but it didn't seem like it at the time !
there have been paintball games to play and help with .big one last wednesday against local bike shop 'quite a few of whom had been smoking weed and drinking beer for quit a few hours ,which made things interesting !i had a bit of an off in the park when i came 2nd against a wet off camber tree root ,fortunately just a few aches and pains .
chilling out at lost lake after hard graft has been brilliant especially now summer's properly here (for the time being )
so basically more of the same so probably best not to update as often now cause it could get a bit samey , so i'll just report back when something different happens .

how about those 2 cuties then ?aaaawwww!specially for victoria !
done a couple of interesting xc rides in last few days .went to emerald forest and found loads of sweet singletrack then into mels dilemma and finished with blueberry which was fantastic ,stonking climbing superb views over alta lake cracking singletrack and sweet descents .
today went back and did all of kill me thrill me .nearly lived up to it's name at one point .20 to 30foot rock roll that i should have scoped first but thought i could see the line and the exit from the top got just over half way down and it tucked back in , i had too much front brake so 2 choices .either over the bars onto granite (not nice )or let the bike go and run it out .no choice really number 2 fortunately i grabbed a branch which slowed me down !phew !
when i recovered my composure carried on to some more sweet singletrack.came round a corner to se the biggest furriest ass ever .we made each other jump and the bear went hurtling off into the trees .all i could hear was branches snapping as he made his escape !!
so all in all quite an interesting afternoon !
might also be an interesting night tonight as well .one of the team has a birthdayso we are all off to longhorns saloon to help him celebrate .it's locals night and there is another mtb film premiere and an intersting local custom for the birthday boy the details of which are a bit hazy !i'm going to try and refrain from too much loopy juice as it's my day off tomorrow and i want to hit the bike park .hhhmm we'll see !

just had the most awesome 2 days off so stoked !wednesday it just wouldn't stop raining so i decided to man up and get on with it .did an xc ride ,out to rainbow park into whip me snip me then bob's rebob and barts dark trail soaking wet but fully made up .
today the sun made a welcome return so got to the bike park for the 1st lift of the day .it was dope in there popped my a line cherry got over a nadgery bit in karate monkey just totally gangster !!!!!after the morning session headed to the brewhouse for beer n burger and chips for 10 bucks ,bargain ! then back into the park for the afternoon for some more of the same .about 4 o clock thought i'd head for home then someone suggested one more lap on crank it up .glad i did it ,from the chairlift had a great view of a mother bear and 2 of the tiniest cutest little cubs you ever did see .unfortunately i never had my camera but my boss who was on another chair did and managed to get a pic .if i can i'll stick it on here .
then to finish off the day after bike and me cleaning a wallow in the hot tub with a cold beer !it's a hard life !bears are unreal though , the other morning as i was riding to work there was one sat on the valley trail right in the way just chomping away on his breakfast actually had to ride round it !!!pretty much it for now got a lot of new guests arriving the weekend so i'm going to be busy for a few days .