"THE 6 DAY ASSAULT OF BRIAN HEAD, UT"

the boys were back in town, the cali boys that is, kj, krisp, and the kid. they rolled into brian head about 10 am friday morn, maximus followed about an hour later, zaun and i made it to the top on thursday and went for a short one across the top to cedar breaks national monument, had a safety meeting and started trying to breathe at over 10,000 feet, we would be camping the next 5 nights at 9800 and riding above 11,000 over and over again, it promised to be a time lizard fans, oh and that one hater you, where ya been ? havent heard from you for awhile !!! left to right: krisper, kj, subway, waitin, the zaun, cardiac kid, and the one and only maximus, i am standing at 11,310 feet every one is at the 307 level, told you i would climb higher than all you pussies, ha , what now ?

when we got to the top that first day we were all breathing a little hard but it looked like we would lose the zauner, hey face down , is that chicken on your sidis, oh wait, turned out he was ok , the chicken thing was another time, sorry bud, hate to bring that memory back for ya ....

so day one was the climb up the paved road from town to the dirt road to the peak, then descend the 300 feet to the trail heads, back up a little climb and across the top of the surrounding world, to the junction of sidney peaks trail, dark hollow, and louder ponds. we went down louder for a mostly down hill trail that rocks, its about a 2200 foot loss in about 8 miles and comes out at sidney valley road, thats where we climbed back to the over look where maximus rock climbs some times and sidney peaks trail comes out, this is also where the forks of bunker creek start, i really cant suggest a better fork to descend, they both kick ass, probably the left fork is easier to climb back, but i think its a bit longer, which makes it a little funner to rail down i suppose, i dont know, you decide then tell me...

at any rate when you get to the bottom of either bunker fork you gotta climb back to 11,307 feet and you are now down around 8000, now most people set up shuttles for this ride, i call weak ass ! this climb it amazing, it will make you believe in a power greater that yourself, yes, the BIKE GODS, its so fuckin steep sometimes i dont think i will ever get that taste of my handle bars out of my mouth, krispers garmin read 27 % a number of times, woah !!

there was this cool rock out at the overlook that we sessioned a little bit, its about a 400 foot plunge on the right side. the view from here is crazy, you can see nevada, arizona and on a clear day almost colorado ( not coloraudo ), and its a straight shot to delano (not delauno )peak to the north in the tushars, yes , home of the tour the beaver, hehehehehe....

ah the road back, this was somewhere on the way back to the peak, we had planned on descending dark hollow when returning to the top but a few guys were a bit spent so some went back and me ,kj , zaun, krisper,and the kid took color country/marathon around the peak and down through the bike park...

it was a good efin day , i even dreamed of descending bunker left that night, i love it when bikes consume me to the point that i dream about them at night.....