Non-weekend weekend in the middle of the week part 2 - Whis

With only a 30min drive up the road from Meg's place, we had a gentle start to the day and headed up for opening time

It was yet another perfect blue sky and with the temperature in the mid 20s and no line at the lift it promised to be a awesome day - and it was!







With just the two of us, there's a bit of a bias in the photos today but I got some great shots - this is the left rock line half way down In Deep - its a burly move with a sketchy run out but conditions were perfect so we hit it every run















Another In-Deep move - a wooden sort of roller coaster thing that dips down sharply - Danice knows the fast way - gap it!! (with style too)















And again on In Deep, The Triple Hump - this thing rolls over steeply to a 3-4ft drop with one bike length before dropping down a steep rooty rocky bank - here D is dropping the first bit - it looks like you might now be able to roll it with all the rocks they've put in - but its more exciting to drop ;-)














Just to prove I was there - here I am enjoying the shade while D sat in the sun - some things dont change....











my lunch (well half of it) from Portabella's at Blackcomb - all the cool kids eat here - Darren Berrecloth was at the next table (he was with some cool kids)









and yes, you've guessed it - another gnarly bit from In Deep - Danice did this one in the Garbanzo race in deep mud and water - r e s p e c t !! I went round the side that time but not today - we did a couple runs down all of these bits hitting them all every time soooooooooo much fun :-D

So I suppose with all the gnarly riding you'd be forgiven for thinking Danice might look like an East German Shot Putter - well, you couldnt be more wrong.......











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Reading this blog you'd be forgoven for thinking "In Deep" was the only trail on the mountain - well, on the top half you'd be half right - because of the Olympic construction half the trails are shut which limits riders to just about 2 tracks - it sucks big time cos we always end up doing the same top half of the top half - Len's T-shirt sums up many people's thoughts on the subject:

"F@#K THE OLYMPICS - SAVE THE BIKE PARK"

Personally I'm torn on the subject - the road improvements will be great (if they're ever finished) but shutting some of the best bits of the park for so long really sucks - but then again, Whistler Bike Park is still flippin' awesome even with these problems - Long live the bike park!




Thanks to Meghan, Derek, Clark, Jackson and Danice for one of the best weekends ever - even if it wasn't technically a weekend.

:-D