SOAKED

A fatbike ride

By Erik Plankton

May 13^th, 2014

off we go

Checked out a few new trails on the map and headed out to the forest to see what they are like. So far so good.

CARAVAn

Hmm, an Opel Caravan parked in the middle of the woods. Nice rusty textures.

Mud

Then the trails turned wet. Really wet. And muddy. They were pretty much rideable, but meant slow going and a some pushing. I think my tuna sandwich looked somewhat muddy too.

Sorry ran out of mud

Sending a shipment of roots, this ok?

Steep hills

Required some hike a bike and small scale climbing activities. Also found a “giants kettle” rock formation, which was pretty cool.

What are these photos about?

surprise swamp

Ok bad idea. Noticed a ski trail on the map and thought it would be a good idea to ride that, since it went roughly into the correct direction. After 4 kilometers of endless mud I realized I was in the middle of a swamp and the whole mattress was sinking under my feet. Had to quickly backtrack and then figure out a way through it, since backtracking the entire muddy hell did not appeal. Lesson learned: ski trails work better in the winter!

TERRA FIRMA

Finally managed to push the bike out of the mire and rode a few hours back home with soaked feet. Found some pretty nice trails too. Thanks for watching!