[OrRando] 2008 400k's

[David Rowe]

Gravel roads you say .... Kramer-san... I believe we have another
candidate for 'Raid Tillamook' ... mmmwwwaaaahahahahaha ....
mmmwwwaaahaaaahaaaahaaaa!

:-))

On Oct 31, 2007 5:56 PM, joel metz <magpie at blackbirdsf.org> wrote:
>
> At 15:21 -0700 10.31.2007, Michael Wolfe wrote:
> >Holy crap.  Just went to The Kramer's blog, and saw what he has in
> >store for the 400k next year:
> >
> >
> >...the ride to Lost Lake, the climb up Lolo Pass, the Marmot back
> >road to Sandy, the ride out to Eagle Cliff, the climb up Government
> >Camp and over Bennett and Barlow passes and the ride up Sevenmile to
> >The Dalles and maybe up Dry Hollow to gawd knows where.
> >
> >
> >If he means to send riders over Lolo Pass from the east, then that's
> >a pretty good long climb up a gravel road.  The climb up over The
> >Devil's Backbone on the old Barlow Road is a pretty good pitch, too.
> >Not sure where Eagle Cliff is, but then to throw on top of that a
> >climb up over Summitt, Barlow, and Bennett passes is pretty brutal.
> >Yikes!
> >
> >My 400k is no walk in the park, but it'll be easier than that!
> >Folks who are used to the Covered Bridge 400 are going to have a bit
> >tougher time earning their SR next year, that's certain.
> >
>
> oh man. i might even be tempted to do a 400k outside of a pbp year if
> he manages to sneak this one past the censors :) more gravel!
>
> -joel
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