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