Dead
- but happy and rarely seen with such a stupid look on my face.
The middle distance of 33m/53km and 5265 vertical ft/1300hm
was to be conquered. That shouldn't take long. Fat chance…
it took a long time: 4 hours. I couldn't find rhythm to save
my life. I had to climb, push and crawl way too often. My
annoyed comrade-in-arms: "This is a climbing competition for
idiots with bikes on their backs."
Another one said: "Why did I even bring my bike?" But what
the hell. It was fun anyway. I like the Palatinate forest
and it didn't rain this time either. However, one guy attempted
to ride down one of the descents and got his thigh skewered
by a branch dislocated his shoulder.
Blutsventje was smarter. He knows his way around here and
took the short distance with his Hardtail. Pirate Amilcar
from Saarbrücken was there too… and somehow managed to climb
faster than I did :(. Two super athletes, who streaked down
the embankment behind the control point and got back on the
track at the bottom, also attracted attention. Their plan
was to "save" themselves a few miles. Enough said!
I look a little disoriented. I'll work on that
Matthias