Monday, November 8, 2010

IMBA epic bromance

hello - several weeks ago Schuyler and I went on another date up to Curt Gowdy State park in Wyoming. A couple years ago Wyoming had one progressive thought and figured that if you build it they will come - So they partnered up with IMBA and went the distance in order to ease his pain, what? IMBA came in and built ~30ish miles of trail through three different eco-systems ( high plains, upland montane & riparian. not sure what those last 2 are but they involve precambrian exposed granite and sandstone). Basically, its pretty awesome riding through terrain you might not expect to find in Wyoming right off of the plains. oh and its garnered an IMBA epic status.
more info available here : http://www.imba.com/epics/curt-gowdy-state-park

Anyway, after a healthy amount of shit talking and imbibing several cocktails and vegetables at a backyard BBQ dance party compliments of the Meister; we agreed to pull out of the fort at 6:45am in order for me to make it to my 8am work BS meeting in Cheyenne. Determined not to "Jacoby" it I set 3 alarms, packed everything I might need and pedaled off into dreamland for a nap. Holy shit, it's 6:15 and I'm awake. Now let's see if Schuyler's blowing it, nope not a chance, he's down. Post meeting, we fueled up on food from a dennys/ihop/clone and head straight to Curt Gowdy to get Epic. We make it to the park to discover good weather and 30 miles of super fun trail - it has all of the cliches you'd find in a good dirtrag article. We got our freeride on and then found the "secret" waterfall (it is literally called the "secret" waterfall on the park map) where we hung out for a bit. Then we headed out for another hour of trail shredding back to the car. Curt Gowdy deserves its Epic rating and you should check it out. I'm going back there today. Eat shit.


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