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I was in Boise for some family happenings and I just happened to bring one of my mountain bikes along for the just-in-case riding adventures that are always tempting in that region. Since I did not know how secure my bike would be during our stay I brought along my SuperCal-29er since I would not cry as much if it were stolen vs. my Ellsworth, but believe me I would wimper plenty if the Supercal was lost. The Supercal was great to ride up there and performed well.
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My ride started in the lower Foot Hills area at Camels Back Park then proceeded up, up, and away to Boise Peak and beyond before I turned back for several thousand feet of steady decent on a single track trail.
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Anticipating the need to be back at a 'reasonable' time for some 'mandatory' family business (actually playing some odd games, I'm not lying about this)and the rather warm temps predicted for the day, I started quite early in the crisp, cool morning air.
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I came across several other people on foot who for the most part were not friendly at all, but I did not really care since I was blissfully climbing up. Above the upper 8th Street parking lot after nearly being run over by some very out-of-control off-road motos I continued up on trails closed to those psycho-motoheads (actually the last guy was cool and apollogized for his ignorant buddies). From there on I saw only a few people like some freak runners that think 20-miles of trail running a day is hip...hmmm?
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| From 20080809_Bois... |
I rode way up and beyond my planned return time to the family business, but I could not seem to get enough. Eventually I did turn it around after being in close proximity to Bogus Basin. I went way back down and took a screaming single track trail down...
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| From 20080809_Bois... |
By this time many others were making there way up the trails sweating their butts off now that the temps had climbed quite a bit. One person commented that I must have been up pretty early to be coming down at this time...a big smiling "yep" was all I could get out before passing them and continuing down, down, down...
