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Maad and I did a day trip up to Prescott to ride The Dells, both of us needing a little reward injected into our worldviews. We were guided by friends Enel, Chris, Helimech and Jayem.  These Ptown locals are pretty much the best riders on this system, and combined with neither James nor I riding a whole lotta tech down here in The ‘Nix in summer, we were thoroughly humbled.  We still had a great time riding just 7 exhausting miles in 2 hrs over terrain that is unique compared to anything else in AZ.  Rolling 100 yards without getting off was a rarity, next time I’m going with the flat pedals.

The ups and downs, steeps and drops, narrows and turns left me flummoxed and struggling to establish rhythm.  But the terrain was an everchanging playground, and my buds were supportive even if constantly waiting for me and Maad to catch up, so I never got down.

Jayem made this look easy

*skeeeeeeeeeeeeetched*

nutting up, albeit an easier line

Eric was the master of track stands

its my O-Face!

Maad stepping up

Helimech on a new stretch by the lake

Eric nailed this on his first try ever on this brand new section

in the bottoms by the damn

Eric cleaning a very hard up-out-down sequence

this pic does not do the exit justice

this one does, even if the exit was all i could manage

excellent times! followed by our new tradition of post-Dells Indian Buffet. woot woot!