Brianz:
Ugh...getting ready to ride in the cold rain (again)
Brianz:
Hideo and Seiji psyche themselves up
Brianz:
See how everything is wet?
Brianz:
Finally, a beam of sunshine!!!
Brianz:
Not staged, we really were this happy that some sun had come out
Brianz:
Damon and Annie make it down alive
Brianz:
Damon cranks along the flats
Brianz:
Seiji, Ann and the long road behind us
Brianz:
Where's the Beef?
Brianz:
Nick unfolds our backup trail directions
Brianz:
Me, a bit beat up and disheveled from the rain and cold
Brianz:
Nick off in the distance
Brianz:
The aftermath
Brianz:
At lower eleveation and a bit warmer
Brianz:
The crew regroups
Brianz:
Nick prepares to move on
Brianz:
My beat up drivetrain
Brianz:
After hours of riding in the rain
Brianz:
Seiji and Damon
Brianz:
Ann, she looks so happy
Brianz:
Cool clouds
Brianz:
Nick finds out that the trail to the hut is a mud bog
Brianz:
Hideo's bike has gained about 15 lbs in 2 minutes
Brianz:
Seiji and Damon and the approach
Brianz:
Damon, head hung low...but not defeated
Brianz:
Again with the finger?
Brianz:
Ugh, mud
Brianz:
Sarah Conner?
Brianz:
After cleaning up, we all dream of the cafe the next morning
Brianz:
Damon looks at the rainbow and wonders if Nick's pot of gold is at the end