Hardcore MTB'ing in Alaska...unreal pics

This is hardcore mountain biking...UNREAL!

Alaska, wilderness, rubber raft, icebergs, glaciers, fjord crossings, bears, 19 days of wet feet...

Nature Fun Biking Some quality time down by the shore: Gulf of Alaska

Quote: Numbers:
19 days,
300 something miles.
24-22 & 22-20 gearing - spin to win...
40 lbs of cookie dough consumed.
max miles / day - about 35
min miles / day - 0.78
avg daily elevation gain - 20'
max bears / day - 6
# days with dry shoes - 0
# times tarp blown down in middle of night - 2
# of flats - 0
Longest ocean bay crossing - 5.5 miles
# ocean packraft / bike deployments from a fishing boat - 1
# glacier calvings at close range - 2
size of swell from glacier calving at close range - humangous
# of beached whales found - 1
# moose legs found surrounded by bear tracks - 1

Check out the size of these bear tracks!

Read the full article here: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=450329

Feeling soft yet?

Rgds, Hans
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