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The Death Ride

Our campsite, again right next to the gushing Carson River.	Pre-ride checkin on Friday was pretty bustling. Its a...	Kickin' it on the N. Tahoe shore at the Hewlett estate.	07 Thumb	Walter Hewlett gives his annual pre-ride speech to the HP...
Miss Bones this year featured an articulated jaw and a...	The "skeleton stoker"	Riders just before the summit marker on the first climb...	13 Red Lake	Beginning the climb up the slightly charred east side of...
15 Clouds	Starting the climb up the east side of Monitor.	A line of riders climbing the east side of Monitor Pass.	17 Checkin	Spirited teens work a running water stop.
18 Checkin	A rider in a skeleton mask. He was wearing this mask...	This fellow accused me of taking pictures of the...	20 Skeleton Stoker	A bit of perspective - for once it actually looks uphill...
Wonderful, wonderful view down into an...	22 Tahoe Boat	Panorama looking down the east side of Monitor Pass.	Barry, most of the way up the east side of Monitor.	24 Hewlett Estate
Riders oomphing their way up the second pass.	Island-themed rest stop midway up east Ebbetts.	Lovely east Ebbetts pass, shortly before the summit	Kinney Lake, our oasis. I stopped here to ... uh ......	28 Salad Team
29 Pasta Team	31 Dinner	Tryon Peak (I think) above Highland Lakes.	The rest stop at Woodfords Junction (Hwys 88 & 89)	A very welcome misting bike-through device at Pickett's...
Hope Valley, as in "I hope I can make it to the top." ...	Red Lake Peak (I think) directly in front of us.	37 Sunrise	38 Monitor West	Ramona climbing Hwy 88/Carson Pass.
Hwy 88, with Elephant's Back towering over us in the...	39 Monitor West	41 Monitor West	Yay Ramona! (as she pulls into the rest stop at the top...	Me, happy and pleased to finally be on top of Carson...
42 Monitor Summit	44 Monitor East Bottom	46 Monitor East	48 Monitor East	49 Monitor East
50 Monitor East	52 Monitor Summit Marker	54 Towards Ebbetts	58 Ebbetts East	59 Kinney Lake
61 Ebbetts Summit	64 Ebbetts West	65 Ebbetts Summit	67 Picketts Junction	69 Carson Pass
70 Carson Pass	71 Rider on Carson	72 Carson Summit	73 Carson Summit	74 Carson Summit
75 Camp	76 Camp	78 Full Car

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