Solitude is Painful

Written by  //  July 16, 2009  //  Bike, Races  //  2 Comments

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I like solitude. Especially in the mountains and the deserts. And I have always liked Solitude, the mountain resort. But I had forgotten how challenging, technical, and brutally painful the race course up there is. A lot of rocks, roots, narrow singletrack and tight, sketchy switchbacks make up this epic course. We scrape the 9,000 foot mark, after climbing up a steep service road, only to plunge down what has to be the longest descent on the Intermountain Cup circuit.

It ought to be an absolute blast.

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Grizzly Adam is the author of Mythical and Tangible: Tales of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Singletrack. He is also a frequent contributor to Cycling Utah and XXC Magazine. He spends his free time chasing the advice of Ben Franklin, that is, trying to "write something worth reading, or do something worth writing about."

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2 Comments on "Solitude is Painful"

  1. Brandon S. July 16, 2009 at 3:18 pm ·

    Good Luck. Nice pics on the last couple posts.

  2. Rick S. July 16, 2009 at 5:32 pm ·

    just stick with the Diet Coke and you’ll be fine.

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