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Adventure goes down hill

(8 photos) – My mate Ev, his son Sam and I took a weekend trip to remote Maydena, the last outpost before Lake Pedder. On Saturday we hit the trails at the Maydena Bike Park, a gravity fed mountain bike extravaganza!!

The trail-head is a 820m+ vertical elevation, with tracks winding down the mountain “offering a vast array of epic, long distance descending trails, catering for all abilities”. It delivers in spades!!

We set off from the top – Skyline, a very dark green (beginners?!!) track.
As the track drops and snakes with berms, little did we know what lay ahead.
Some steep, technical rocky sections – pick a line and go!
Me having a blast and getting blasted with mud!
Sam and Evan play catch-up as we wind down the mountain.
Winding our way down the “Green Room”.

We pushed pretty hard, at times perhaps beyond the edge of our abilities, had a few close calls – especially in the slippery mud, but no one came unstuck and no serious injuries.

And the winner is … ALL OF US – grinners!!

While I was faster downhill after a miss spent youth riding dirt bikes with motors, Sam and Ev had me when it came to pedaling up hills, my bike and I have sat idle for way too long – and my body still knows it 😉

Pain reminds you your alive right? It’s when you can’t feel it, you need to worry! Well, let’s just say, I’ve never felt more alive 😀

The images above are a few stills from my GoPro footage of our last run and some phone photos. If I ever get time, I hope to edit and post some video.

The next post will feature more of our adventures in Maydena.

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16 thoughts on “Adventure goes down hill”

      2. My guess is greed and a few jobs. They even lose money logging old growth and call them selves “Sustainable Timber Tasmania”. On Sunday we went into the forest, featured in my next post.

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      3. Sounds to me like the same old politics. Lies, half-truths and so on but at the core, it’s all about money and that’s disgusting.

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    1. Sound like expensive fun! Another mate loves his eBike, very tempting to tame those big uphills around here! Take it easy, look where you want to go and have fun 😀 It seems to hurt more and for longer as I get older :/

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