Cannel Plunge any takers?
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You guys are gonna be shuttling? how far is it from glendale? Oh and i cant drive im only 14.
Despite the fact that it is a "shuttle" ride there's still 2000ft of climbing, and the majority of the ride is above 7000ft in elevation.
It's a great ride, but not for beginners. Lots of techy spots, and a bunch of riding on the edge of cliffs near the bottom. It'll definitely be warm end of July/early August as well.
mj - make sure you take a dip in the river after the ride. It's AWESOME
It's a great ride, but not for beginners. Lots of techy spots, and a bunch of riding on the edge of cliffs near the bottom. It'll definitely be warm end of July/early August as well.
mj - make sure you take a dip in the river after the ride. It's AWESOME
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We have 2, maybe 3 people and are looking to go this weekend - July 8.
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We were planning on Riding Sunday morning.
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Does anyone thats going have helmet cams or any other type of cam that they can record the ride with ? PLEASEmjaraica said:you got some cajunas to want to do the plunge at 14, but we may be responsible if something happen to you. A guy died last year doing the ride.
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There's a couple of videos here.MTB_prodigy said:
http://www.mountainbikebill.com/CannellPlunge.htm
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how did he die? Did he fall of the cliff?:eekster:mjaraica said:you got some cajunas to want to do the plunge at 14, but we may be responsible if something happen to you. A guy died last year doing the ride.
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I can make it 7/28/07 or 8/04/07 could probably get one more as well. Have you checked on the shuttle? We couldn't get it last month and ended up shuttling ourselves also, the last 7 miles of the plunge were HOT.
age factor.
mjaraica your kidding right ? there's 14 year old kids in our nieghberhood sending it 30 ft so what if you can't have a beer with them after the ride age is not an issue young our old if you got the skills.mjaraica said:you got some cajunas to want to do the plunge at 14, but we may be responsible if something happen to you. A guy died last year doing the ride.
i got nothing again his age. In fact, he probably kick my ass in the trails, but IF something happen to him, there got to be someone held responsible for a minor (that person is not going to be me :nono: ). Not sure how the guy died. I read that he was riding a low end bike and two of his friends went a different route and they found him dead. 7/28 and 8/4 sounds good to me as well. i will check on the shuttle services to see availability.
I believe the guy went off trail somewhere on the way to the bottom, possibly due to dehydration or heat exhaustion. He left his bike and started hiking back up. I believe he was also bit by a rattlesnake, which didn't help matters. He was found by rescuers at a later date.
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first of all he had a low end bike 2. he got bit by a rattlesnake. anybody would have died if they were bit by a rattlesnake and got no treatment for it for hours.
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We definately have two going this weekend, July 8th. We're planning to take the shuttle up Sunday morning. If anyone else is going this weekend call up to Mountain Adventures and reserve your spot - http://www.mtnriver.com/bike.htm - and post back here so I know. If no one else goes I think we're going to ride at Just Outstanding.
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