[ORRando] SxSW 200

[keith]

I was thinking of making this my first brevet but am a little 
intimidated buy the elevation more so that the distance. My family 
camped at North Fork in the Pinchot Forest a few years back in July and 
the flies were ferocious. I seem to remember skin so soft by Avon 
working pretty good.


Susan France wrote:
> Yes, this is a really great route. Unfortunately, 8000` was just a wee bit beyond my ability so I was an unofficial finisher... but still it was a great route. 
> I learned that Lanaseptic makes a great insect replellent in a pinch. Biting flys were after me on the long slow climbs and I had nothing that was made to "repel insects". I figured if I could keep them away, I would create a fly paper of sorts and trap them. I didn't trap flys but they didn't seem to like landing on the stuff smeared all over my exposed parts.
> Susan.
> PS. Flys can bit though shorts and in like catching a ride in the rear (literally).
>
> -----Original Message-----
>   
>> From: Michael <michael at jamhome.us>
>> Sent: Jun 26, 2009 11:18 AM
>> To: orrando at orrandonneurs.org
>> Subject: [ORRando] SxSW 200
>>
>>
>> I see that, so far, only four people have signed on for this brevet.
>>
>> Say it isn't so.
>>
>> Don't be deterred by the Kramer reputation for mountain goat routing.  True,
>> there is close to 8,000 feet of climbing in this 200K.  But they're nice
>> climbs with fully two thirds of them being in national forests - one of them
>> cresting as it crosses the Pacific Crest Trail.
>>
>> I rode the original version of this brevet in 2006.  It stands out as one of
>> the most enjoyable brevets of my life.  Well, that would exclude the crash
>> after I had a moment of irrational exuberance, threw both my arms into the air
>> in a victory V and lost control of the bike.  I would probably also exclude
>> the 7% grade that I walked several sections of and at the conclusion told the
>> control worker to "just shoot me now."  It would also probably exclude a
>> couple of other moments that I've pushed out of memory.  But you get the idea.
>> It's a great ride.
>>
>> -- 
>>     Michael Rasmussen
>>   http://www.jamhome.us/
>> Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
>>
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