tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371686872024-02-19T19:00:05.190+03:00Mzungu Eriki on a bikeBicycling MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-23276711671820136152022-11-24T08:26:00.002+03:002022-11-24T12:02:18.910+03:00Monduli Mtn Bicycle Traverse (Probably a first)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwWYjWd3n92WkDu6RdH38ubNrZAyqzsfIB995ncaXAKLD87CQpxMBoQBtQIIkJUESLSxmxT5OHRxCg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">Sunday 20 November 2022</span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">For twenty years I dreamed, schemed and tried to traverse Monduli Mtn by bicycle. Today it happened. Was amazing on top, but I almost turned around on the last steep part out of fear of what was ahead. It was a 12 hour trip . Thanks Elliot.</span></p><p><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">First is a long winded background to the trip, if you just want to see the pics and a brief trip report skip down to the pictures.</span></span></p><p>I can't imagine anyone has done this by bicycle before. Most of the year the trail is overgrown. Once I got to the top on this trail on foot and we could see no trail. Secondly pushing a bicycle up is so slow it negates the advantage on the downhill side. (Two hours from the top we started to be accompanied by three ten year old boys going the same place. They patiently waited and eventually started helping me push a few times. And 30 minutes down the other side we stopped to ask directions etc and they caught up.) So it doesn't make sense to push a bike up there, unless you are trying to prove something.</p><p><b>Monduli Mtn</b> is the next mountain over from my house , a sprawling mtn with a highland plateau to the west made famous as a prime minister came from there. I have circumnavigated the mountain seems like every year for maybe 15 years, a 100+ km all day ride.</p><p>When I first started mtn biking in the mid 90's I would sometimes venture on the foothills of Monduli Mtn if I was tired of the mountain where we live. In the early 2000's I was exploring trails into the forest on the east side , but I had to stash the bicycle and continue on foot looking for trails going to one of the 4 summits. </p><p>After years I reach two of the peaks on foot but the trail died on the top or before. Many stories to tell of those adventures.</p><p>Along comes geo maps and as roads and trails get marked I notice in 2020 that on the top of southernmost peak is the start of a jeep track that crosses the top valleys and down to the plateau on the west. They are hunting tracks and visible by satelite. The problem is I get up there on foot but cant find a way the last 1/2 km to the track. It is thick bush and bamboo forest.</p><p>Along comes Elliot. He moves to a house half way to the forest on the Monduli slopes and explores. In December 2021 Elliot tells us he has gotten on to the south peak by way of a faint trail from the next peak over, but on foot. I quickly check his gpx track and he has made it on to the jeep track! </p><p>A month later he takes us up but we stash the bikes as the trail is not only steep but a little overgrown , making pushing the bike through hard and riding down impossible. We get to the top and see what might be jeep trail but then are spooked by an unseen buffalo and we head down. </p><p>The rains start and it is forgotten about until October 2022 when Elliot says the cows have opened up the trails and he went up and over into the valley and saw the jeep tracks. Immediately 3 old guys start planning a trip for next weekend.</p><p>The rest is me ticking off an item on my bucket list</p><p>I start at 530 using headlight to meet with Mike at 6 am. There has been a big rain and we pick up mud, almost enough to lock up the tyres. We meet up with Elliot and resort to gravel roads to take us up to the forest.</p><p>You can see Mike pushing and my tyres have sunk in soft sticky soil</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnA3MuB7a4zF9iBgeRbFIjTatrtPXfbeRGruBg6HxipUQVSV7pp5bppuORUL5zuBYkiHiHjAwkQbkc0CC3J55oY40Uluk9T8SVWDW_lgBDViBgQq9JqmR3wngDMJZbD5KoUvWDI_FpgfjWv0DkjeXb43MF8xDxUYy89jg5Qj6fJpa2-C8dQ/s4000/20221120_082324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnA3MuB7a4zF9iBgeRbFIjTatrtPXfbeRGruBg6HxipUQVSV7pp5bppuORUL5zuBYkiHiHjAwkQbkc0CC3J55oY40Uluk9T8SVWDW_lgBDViBgQq9JqmR3wngDMJZbD5KoUvWDI_FpgfjWv0DkjeXb43MF8xDxUYy89jg5Qj6fJpa2-C8dQ/s320/20221120_082324.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mtn meru where I came from<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpRc4344rCUFPKIrrmvbitofjwHsbaFcgSjZf0m9wEfX_JaiF16xJXITdx4MyZ5YJ43NggSAsFXnSXeyUVioYLMXCV3YEVwHgdSn7oNSzzLYYQBbgDbt790WCpzJ-uB2u_sfMvd4UGoSTmhH03Rry6QMwHzLKpIbHiX8T_Dyv6nhFJ-iubQ/s4000/20221120_123246.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpRc4344rCUFPKIrrmvbitofjwHsbaFcgSjZf0m9wEfX_JaiF16xJXITdx4MyZ5YJ43NggSAsFXnSXeyUVioYLMXCV3YEVwHgdSn7oNSzzLYYQBbgDbt790WCpzJ-uB2u_sfMvd4UGoSTmhH03Rry6QMwHzLKpIbHiX8T_Dyv6nhFJ-iubQ/s320/20221120_123246.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After a section on tough foot path but at least downhill we make the road. It is beautiful pristine forest.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85DoAlSrKsM8-8hLgqF1a2R5-PpPhSk-UCnwoZ8zT6oHoaMpr5Jt5YDNgP4c_QKwBGx04PDuJoJi3MK60LWVmMVzZ-_p_pWKF8i44GyHDehqoovsAYPv_SYvwgllMp2zL1kDEvwmpPAAp4PyhoKLDPiG0fxUVC_XHU5fg7qFD6McTKilRoQ/s4000/20221120_124807.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85DoAlSrKsM8-8hLgqF1a2R5-PpPhSk-UCnwoZ8zT6oHoaMpr5Jt5YDNgP4c_QKwBGx04PDuJoJi3MK60LWVmMVzZ-_p_pWKF8i44GyHDehqoovsAYPv_SYvwgllMp2zL1kDEvwmpPAAp4PyhoKLDPiG0fxUVC_XHU5fg7qFD6McTKilRoQ/s320/20221120_124807.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Wonderful experience.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxkKTpsuTwwY2rjbxsgS-pOOS3WSJazlvDOyJUMZJxZKdSWern9tSK0bb9C1Qs4tzcfrV1XnRcRtek' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div>We ride downhill for 20km and 1400m drop to mondulli town and eat lunch if a restraunt and sit around a bit deciding the route to finish. Unfortunately monduli slopes are highly eroded. if we contoured we could make Elliots house easy. unfortunately from the track you can see we have to go up and down the mtn to get around big erosion gulleys.<br /><p>We make Elliots house and i decline a beer knowing getting going would be a pain. I do a couple of up and down on big valleys, slog through Likamba and coast down to TPRI and hit the tarmac. around 100km. Stop for a couple of beers before going home. </p><p>That night is the World cup opening and i watch it in a crowded noisy bar in sakina.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-66110308400356028982022-02-17T10:23:00.002+03:002022-02-17T10:23:37.391+03:00Lolkisale, Tarangire border, Lake manyara shore tour<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirR4a4qMqfjf1tRdsDtdfXZtW2OLImoWE7xRhE4GYZBU6PHYNMt4UKq2HLz7qaADly9Lat-jVEIJG1Ofo-26BWcAtV5pta-DbRJ4OT8SDgHEvJyTHO9IKUp3m9Gn3G4NHNPRJfdBCXq0EIoPnollfX3CQBIfdYODCQdQBqZWWzNq8-5R6Qng=s1080" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirR4a4qMqfjf1tRdsDtdfXZtW2OLImoWE7xRhE4GYZBU6PHYNMt4UKq2HLz7qaADly9Lat-jVEIJG1Ofo-26BWcAtV5pta-DbRJ4OT8SDgHEvJyTHO9IKUp3m9Gn3G4NHNPRJfdBCXq0EIoPnollfX3CQBIfdYODCQdQBqZWWzNq8-5R6Qng=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I wake before light at 530 but this and that makes it closer to 830 before I leave.</p><p>Somehow i manage a decision to ride a loop south onto the south masai steppe. I will go south on the main gravel road to the east go up on the steppe to Terat and then smaller tracks back from there passing Shimo la Mungu. That was the rough plan</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-t0s_sJbBhLECeLWJx6lmNo6XbD_P-CMJgKhgJgpviRbxAG_bEJPjfx9zGfyLqk-F5f_6NsOhS0hHHtfZs2_u0C2z9vByc8Yvju8mmMv_O4w9FIRaq_9vlmql21Dx9cYtGjM/s2048/IMG_20210801_120043_147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-t0s_sJbBhLECeLWJx6lmNo6XbD_P-CMJgKhgJgpviRbxAG_bEJPjfx9zGfyLqk-F5f_6NsOhS0hHHtfZs2_u0C2z9vByc8Yvju8mmMv_O4w9FIRaq_9vlmql21Dx9cYtGjM/s320/IMG_20210801_120043_147.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Good roads, a bit of washboard the second half of the morning. Some motorcycle paths along the main road to avoid gravel road.</p><p>I passed a guy on a clunker with shamba tools on his bike and 20 minutes later he passed me and i could benefit from him knowing with motorcycle tracks were worthwhile</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvUe7h4cb0MVG0GwRS8bN_EpKsdGIzOJz29UXFeSNEb95CocaZquumExie5Sjxv3PE6eWA3EDuAJy7SlSNxemFyMEXcS-lKxLbO9cqjie8UFNQL6qqFcf6XZMeD-SU1fVClV1/s2048/IMG_20210801_114955_210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvUe7h4cb0MVG0GwRS8bN_EpKsdGIzOJz29UXFeSNEb95CocaZquumExie5Sjxv3PE6eWA3EDuAJy7SlSNxemFyMEXcS-lKxLbO9cqjie8UFNQL6qqFcf6XZMeD-SU1fVClV1/s320/IMG_20210801_114955_210.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A little over three hours and I am climbing the escarpment. It is almost 400m elevation. The top was always around another cornor. When it leveled off and turned west i was hungry and wanted to get in the hammock a bit and enjoy life even more. I tried to find two trees suitable with shade and a view . I settled for two trees in the sun and no view while in the hammock. Ate every food and snack I had.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIZf47i45T7dL7Stt86Jmd4gFcsU9nyjKax08Bqi_OhUOBvsSWRIsUD9cclx-uUUzFWjKAkxpWe7k_vQjj9nH9brMlFFeodzLQqhB5ZFXK7S_vZGCchBGOla172jDJYJTWHqk/s2048/IMG_20210801_140328_080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIZf47i45T7dL7Stt86Jmd4gFcsU9nyjKax08Bqi_OhUOBvsSWRIsUD9cclx-uUUzFWjKAkxpWe7k_vQjj9nH9brMlFFeodzLQqhB5ZFXK7S_vZGCchBGOla172jDJYJTWHqk/s320/IMG_20210801_140328_080.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the view when i started back from top of steppe. I realizied not enough time to do a loop but head back the most direct way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JpIlX2gd1aLHxauwb10Lgcfdwo_SWe2WH9ZDVBwiJf2Rwjj7m6lU75tqLdPuEDskJ3LUhsiZABfMrP9iM7XdYgCmuuOy48QCSTrsWuvXPzVl0snGseYV7n2rgsuMJJDsE25Q/s2048/IMG_20210801_143831_718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JpIlX2gd1aLHxauwb10Lgcfdwo_SWe2WH9ZDVBwiJf2Rwjj7m6lU75tqLdPuEDskJ3LUhsiZABfMrP9iM7XdYgCmuuOy48QCSTrsWuvXPzVl0snGseYV7n2rgsuMJJDsE25Q/s320/IMG_20210801_143831_718.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It was ten hours, 150km. arrived near my home just at dark and had a couple of beers. Great ride.</div><p></p>MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-37236392966571619732021-06-29T13:53:00.003+03:002021-08-09T16:40:32.576+03:00Lolkisale, Losimingori, and Monduli Mtns tour.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Four day bikepacking tour to different mtns. Route was unplanned. <span style="text-align: left;"> Mike and I got our schedules in sync to do another bike pack trip. I had finger surgery and it finally healed but it bothered me some.</span></div><p><br /></p><p>We rode familiar trails, tracks and roads to Lolkisale. Lisa escorted us for a bit.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GWnY2s-nEo5WwPPuxsegEfq_MS_z5FtydzOrIa5Fm9bvz4xnEsKOPqIydJyptG5bmTI-F72bGvIQsiZvRI4FS4HYOwj8MayvSHRzI7IpHnySbkON7bNog4VfY1LTuf0RdH8v/s1080/df72ad62-5113-4d4f-8028-0283f9d24461.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GWnY2s-nEo5WwPPuxsegEfq_MS_z5FtydzOrIa5Fm9bvz4xnEsKOPqIydJyptG5bmTI-F72bGvIQsiZvRI4FS4HYOwj8MayvSHRzI7IpHnySbkON7bNog4VfY1LTuf0RdH8v/s320/df72ad62-5113-4d4f-8028-0283f9d24461.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="color: #0000ee; text-align: center;" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzsmt9wYzuJcZTD3hESWWVEuZ9OlDxxO9kpdXpSpRww0wzYGjwR-KpFaI5Bc42XvxDTwjAaftihFyqOebig9oQKy7d3CzjiNC5vuGkRDe9Bl9GU3G1T3ZPaiQUHpboWYZ9sT9/s320/IMG_20200924_094559_382.jpg" style="color: #0000ee; text-align: center;" width="320" /></p><div>starting to climb up to Lolkisale mtn. it sits out by itself with lots of rock outcroppings. About here we shooed and cameleon off the road so it wouldn't bite the dust.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL3_29l1TIU0oaitrBuhY3uSpP5w-xofhg7KA3qRCzU8-phs0oA5Xx_ccPUYbPpKXEKn4jEIm7tnmAv8dF2wRASkUEXUgLHNpFIl06sjR9ioRNck00eXwSuqUt7pf5TU2Z99g/s2643/IMG_20200924_141333_217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL3_29l1TIU0oaitrBuhY3uSpP5w-xofhg7KA3qRCzU8-phs0oA5Xx_ccPUYbPpKXEKn4jEIm7tnmAv8dF2wRASkUEXUgLHNpFIl06sjR9ioRNck00eXwSuqUt7pf5TU2Z99g/s320/IMG_20200924_141333_217.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then up the communication tower road to the top of Lolkisale mountain. First part was doable to get on a ridge. not overly steep</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPdKr9xmsux2c3_L7YeKH0RXqr-n2rpIey2-VcOshmcJ8p-72g5zC6k_6mcOfOxktINChg_T3kVgByX4G08Q-B3FZyM3vhylDKysZV4uZTM3vY2rJwHa4sK-nGL646zeb6eV-/s2643/IMG_20200924_142953_248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPdKr9xmsux2c3_L7YeKH0RXqr-n2rpIey2-VcOshmcJ8p-72g5zC6k_6mcOfOxktINChg_T3kVgByX4G08Q-B3FZyM3vhylDKysZV4uZTM3vY2rJwHa4sK-nGL646zeb6eV-/s320/IMG_20200924_142953_248.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4q5sUoA0gp7HPtM2ecJt22-2xZIrPK_6QDmdXnqZDSHw8MtyYhwiFm075twAe3bqWVFjw4KD3h8Nusdp9co8vVQDycoeD0xFjJXQ-Slt_tVqEbrCybm_w3S0rAfvFAuEuujA/s1080/8dd20fe1-98f6-4ac6-9072-e8208c5ff4e5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="809" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4q5sUoA0gp7HPtM2ecJt22-2xZIrPK_6QDmdXnqZDSHw8MtyYhwiFm075twAe3bqWVFjw4KD3h8Nusdp9co8vVQDycoeD0xFjJXQ-Slt_tVqEbrCybm_w3S0rAfvFAuEuujA/s320/8dd20fe1-98f6-4ac6-9072-e8208c5ff4e5.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Starting to get good views.<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU32C1IiqHsMy-FgW7tF-iLs-2jc2I8-reYEe8I5ZUFPWg3rG-jGjhmhr8-Z8f5HcKYrcno-3QlS_AcF_sg4DHY6hFSO2N8N83uB8lVyraVmlf04QVWOpCzrTxMtCZAagLrD9j/s2643/IMG_20200924_143034_378.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU32C1IiqHsMy-FgW7tF-iLs-2jc2I8-reYEe8I5ZUFPWg3rG-jGjhmhr8-Z8f5HcKYrcno-3QlS_AcF_sg4DHY6hFSO2N8N83uB8lVyraVmlf04QVWOpCzrTxMtCZAagLrD9j/s320/IMG_20200924_143034_378.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Then it got steep or rocky, sandy, or all three. They had actually put concrete down but it was broken up.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnBnPXaZk03cVp1fcSdJhwkhzA24Ob576D8FJKuFigPkYffjDbwUyX4OBUQto-wWQSa6gDYAIQo_u2n6bMfOgThEi00_k8esCtjr6_mlesZQ2Gnzff2mgsLA9gWOAKJRUtHce/s2643/IMG_20200924_145511_554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnBnPXaZk03cVp1fcSdJhwkhzA24Ob576D8FJKuFigPkYffjDbwUyX4OBUQto-wWQSa6gDYAIQo_u2n6bMfOgThEi00_k8esCtjr6_mlesZQ2Gnzff2mgsLA9gWOAKJRUtHce/s320/IMG_20200924_145511_554.jpg" /></a></div>Higher up it was smooth but steep.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bYDKgDOOWhUPhNzYCpTWhnVnNYfO-bOqWG2wQIu4_AcD7e_bzMeuZiv5S_temcKOasm4900kYnGAqRW4uTavaQTeLuLWBOMzfDpEJ9QYV76YTVdBrb6ay5jx0pJ6CSSFyNDu/s2643/IMG_20200924_154227_223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bYDKgDOOWhUPhNzYCpTWhnVnNYfO-bOqWG2wQIu4_AcD7e_bzMeuZiv5S_temcKOasm4900kYnGAqRW4uTavaQTeLuLWBOMzfDpEJ9QYV76YTVdBrb6ay5jx0pJ6CSSFyNDu/s320/IMG_20200924_154227_223.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Starting to reach the montagne forest.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjDzqvOvqOxHrVDmaz0Qr7-rL3XK4JQ4C_IYWLvCQ-W27DVoo_VHXPnJxHo6T2LTcn2nwu7OTUEHjhZEFIXl3Y-U5zz8xhRgFQ6TyN7GZuoyiHLu8Ckj-Rz-XaaNl-kBNtIrn/s2643/IMG_20200924_154320_226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjDzqvOvqOxHrVDmaz0Qr7-rL3XK4JQ4C_IYWLvCQ-W27DVoo_VHXPnJxHo6T2LTcn2nwu7OTUEHjhZEFIXl3Y-U5zz8xhRgFQ6TyN7GZuoyiHLu8Ckj-Rz-XaaNl-kBNtIrn/s320/IMG_20200924_154320_226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My company has a communications tower at the top. One of like 10. So we were expected and well looked after. This is the gate to ours<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQuTYkzJ_EUohfmqaySeLFrTCWxnm02zatx9Cb0bGJJ218cwY2vj9vPXzHQepuhAYHRQPE3GJeiIa7Q82uHnaEiZrBII5hmLlj5yJ-QNrTdgzelrGzn2-4bza4NbilvcyITs0/s2643/IMG_20200924_161024_356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQuTYkzJ_EUohfmqaySeLFrTCWxnm02zatx9Cb0bGJJ218cwY2vj9vPXzHQepuhAYHRQPE3GJeiIa7Q82uHnaEiZrBII5hmLlj5yJ-QNrTdgzelrGzn2-4bza4NbilvcyITs0/s320/IMG_20200924_161024_356.jpg" /></a></div>Mike enjoying the late afternoon with the towers in the distance. We moved down from the very top to an open grassy place surrounded by trees.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4TvY8-V8eWF_zrVWeviJTmCASqsMv-zHfJzxTPbhBco5Wo4cSmAWBQ6Qth-bUAIh6w9sahpwBp1EWg-i7LXIymt06-xmYlnpdTRxVhK8eUCJJCs8glKrzEaTcMo5nYwD7aHp/s2643/IMG_20200924_164139_121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4TvY8-V8eWF_zrVWeviJTmCASqsMv-zHfJzxTPbhBco5Wo4cSmAWBQ6Qth-bUAIh6w9sahpwBp1EWg-i7LXIymt06-xmYlnpdTRxVhK8eUCJJCs8glKrzEaTcMo5nYwD7aHp/s320/IMG_20200924_164139_121.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Lots of firewood and plenty of cold. so we had a fire and sat around in the wind.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigG-yhQFEtlF22wGCZtJFQiXP2NMO3ninAjamiwU31KnLCgYlAgMWIaRUDG1GHPT7a6xVZt84YqoO3TmYR3STa62-9g4indEBTdVWCrwJ0T73Fn0VNE0ldAjyxWQkQ5cZwTtC-/s2643/IMG_20200924_202448_547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigG-yhQFEtlF22wGCZtJFQiXP2NMO3ninAjamiwU31KnLCgYlAgMWIaRUDG1GHPT7a6xVZt84YqoO3TmYR3STa62-9g4indEBTdVWCrwJ0T73Fn0VNE0ldAjyxWQkQ5cZwTtC-/s320/IMG_20200924_202448_547.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nYtyQDIHT_6g3SOHJeaq6SHwahH0LZOB4RvCWmP9r_zswNvAVEfZMkEgLXDkhx1tPMBIVnKQ9H-EZzzVj_xU3KCXqSDx5YQUJgKgpYzLK1MJNEDhvBN_aUA6M2ySe4RRaa9-/s2643/IMG_20200924_203349_187.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nYtyQDIHT_6g3SOHJeaq6SHwahH0LZOB4RvCWmP9r_zswNvAVEfZMkEgLXDkhx1tPMBIVnKQ9H-EZzzVj_xU3KCXqSDx5YQUJgKgpYzLK1MJNEDhvBN_aUA6M2ySe4RRaa9-/s320/IMG_20200924_203349_187.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In the morning the fog was thick.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8Me2GmuvX9XRk49sGsjQZofDP_vobmcvGu3aScRWpFlNH9HwvMXSXvtCeSA2SC7njE9PaUxmIVlni7yGyMSshMYweqD9rRb9CyRwfBdgaaumhvqavj-xCx6GPwxJCUv93oXf/s2643/IMG_20200925_070027_607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8Me2GmuvX9XRk49sGsjQZofDP_vobmcvGu3aScRWpFlNH9HwvMXSXvtCeSA2SC7njE9PaUxmIVlni7yGyMSshMYweqD9rRb9CyRwfBdgaaumhvqavj-xCx6GPwxJCUv93oXf/s320/IMG_20200925_070027_607.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My hammock in the trees.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZzAdV8fQKOoj2Xwr16EsDuGk_XxatckAtkYhLWFDkcqsGBahtOleLDzxoIUDveAIqz5z3YHiLd9wVXaBhPjAXzvJsg_sT8Ja3zeLQYyTmUwnCimbp2Z08YsjJ8uAuO_3IeCH/s2643/IMG_20200925_070103_976.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZzAdV8fQKOoj2Xwr16EsDuGk_XxatckAtkYhLWFDkcqsGBahtOleLDzxoIUDveAIqz5z3YHiLd9wVXaBhPjAXzvJsg_sT8Ja3zeLQYyTmUwnCimbp2Z08YsjJ8uAuO_3IeCH/s320/IMG_20200925_070103_976.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>While breaking camp a small herd of buffalo crashed through the forest below us. We didnt get a glimpse but certainly heard them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Descending was easier but still I had to walk a few rough sections</div><div><br /></div><div>We rode a trail we knew west and then took a track to take us north towards Losimongori mtn.</div><div><br /></div><div>We hit the highway around Makyuni. Stopped for lots of food and water. ten kms from Makyuni we decided to move off the road and look for tracks going up the mtn. We were in overgrazed scrub. we came upon a good track and immediately the habitat became good bush, high dry grass, mature trees, and thick .</div><div><br /></div><div>Met some young herders and they said camp anywhere. So we camped here. Had to chase some eland and zebra off our camp site.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Great camp site.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiR3ZmMw7iW2-VXoHxwEuZhaZVbdTp1YwoXGNI7MGC8spM2TtgNkOI_6KBzgvxhIDV5t_cLstnD5IeYcLJEt73N-65FKu4Cod8tjNySCihhmmewX1PLERFa9x9wPM2D8pRhd4N/s2643/IMG_20200925_182417_183.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiR3ZmMw7iW2-VXoHxwEuZhaZVbdTp1YwoXGNI7MGC8spM2TtgNkOI_6KBzgvxhIDV5t_cLstnD5IeYcLJEt73N-65FKu4Cod8tjNySCihhmmewX1PLERFa9x9wPM2D8pRhd4N/s320/IMG_20200925_182417_183.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Calling home<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9LihwhIatMhi2nZ2SHzonseOD0BoG9mgOaQJJER33W2yX-63YLryLE78fD_JHFlHeP-4HvW4yVugEK6-Wc7TqGpJWBoXSxNCQ-yA2KM2CeqCu1_8KocB_3e3kHSDxhCyFLG-/s2643/IMG_20200925_190854_820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9LihwhIatMhi2nZ2SHzonseOD0BoG9mgOaQJJER33W2yX-63YLryLE78fD_JHFlHeP-4HvW4yVugEK6-Wc7TqGpJWBoXSxNCQ-yA2KM2CeqCu1_8KocB_3e3kHSDxhCyFLG-/s320/IMG_20200925_190854_820.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Next day me continue gradually to the base of Losimingori mtns and come upon this camp. Turns out this was Steins place and is now a WMA wildlife area. This old man stayed on all these years looking after the place. everything was run down but we were told there was a ranger post up top.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTI90aEmVh9eJmtL4w2Ea3d4CU9JIrtYVLOf02i-aca0_HeS9wRPNMomavZ_dYqicrozbXFyxm-LhSsnOkmwfW89nT0vgqLwcHBinzhXKFNL5cLjmENjWJuggM1oqkA_OHMya/s1080/20ad3e54-44e8-42ce-8eff-f7cc8ba4f46a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="809" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTI90aEmVh9eJmtL4w2Ea3d4CU9JIrtYVLOf02i-aca0_HeS9wRPNMomavZ_dYqicrozbXFyxm-LhSsnOkmwfW89nT0vgqLwcHBinzhXKFNL5cLjmENjWJuggM1oqkA_OHMya/s320/20ad3e54-44e8-42ce-8eff-f7cc8ba4f46a.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I must say now the trail got very interesting. Lots of sign of Elephant all over as we were following a drainage with water. Thick bush.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPYy3fpTYgG8MaYpDEeFI2k3RIFBsVyM22hjQyDANCCMlAYVXHfBEUgd_5O1EuCbDBAh9coZ4zIVOkhCT4E6xLg3WpgHjxSWd4TvqjeAT7yLgHkZUqC9tw1TFRqyA3FcxavqU/s1080/64443384-984c-4dad-8dc8-c6e3a3bcfcf4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="809" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPYy3fpTYgG8MaYpDEeFI2k3RIFBsVyM22hjQyDANCCMlAYVXHfBEUgd_5O1EuCbDBAh9coZ4zIVOkhCT4E6xLg3WpgHjxSWd4TvqjeAT7yLgHkZUqC9tw1TFRqyA3FcxavqU/s320/64443384-984c-4dad-8dc8-c6e3a3bcfcf4.jpeg" /></a></div></div>Checked out the water flow.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaU0MaDHM5nb33cWZ3e_yeO0bREmRNR5d9C6kRDQMz6euGZaW1ycdtlUY1onEOLz0FW53ICSgSecOTaxsWsfe9e7FHJJ6HXxQS-tPtU2-h0fpBqlkqmKIJxXETnEtFLLHH_3G/s1080/5823a64c-9df6-4cc1-934d-bb0f93b9ba2e.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Ordered food, sodas, water, chai, and eventually a couple of beers and had a good rest.</div><div>I added 2 litres of water on my back seat post rack as we wont get water until mid next day.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrHST07Oj8K1_GEupsuCR3Ie72nwziNC6p5HYBNh1QswaVt6LzI7SZhDIdqxD0FbPEOlX_JnCki9nZRAeCOzCOuIjEh6hKPyuju_UAlM4ZfbYblqM7JBODbYx4ZhF14NK8h7q/s1080/8493783c-9e12-4521-8cf0-37448df35550.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="809" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrHST07Oj8K1_GEupsuCR3Ie72nwziNC6p5HYBNh1QswaVt6LzI7SZhDIdqxD0FbPEOlX_JnCki9nZRAeCOzCOuIjEh6hKPyuju_UAlM4ZfbYblqM7JBODbYx4ZhF14NK8h7q/s320/8493783c-9e12-4521-8cf0-37448df35550.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Took some tracks the the Nanja dam. Lots of people washing clothes on the lower side of the dam, we rode a bit and then took a bath and swim in the water. refreshing.</div><div><br /></div><div>now we were on a good gravel road, which was new to us. it started to head up to monduli juu plateau. As we started to hit a village we turned around to camp in a Accacia drepanelobium forest. heading there i went through a ditch and snapped the seatpost rack and it sat on the tyre. i balanced it on the handle bars and caught up to mike and we camped. nothing spectacular about the camp.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYpAKPpKcVNFZ9hyKwGv_meQRinE0TEVvRb8MjafGVu6Rzwly08ZINfaVgK_drdxGUEwG90szlA0pwuEEuS54X7MEIJR_F4tfwKPusI5QS1zYCTpJ5etY2Vb6dltjOM4hMYQH/s1080/243659d2-aad5-4400-9fa9-48cc6c934273.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="809" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYpAKPpKcVNFZ9hyKwGv_meQRinE0TEVvRb8MjafGVu6Rzwly08ZINfaVgK_drdxGUEwG90szlA0pwuEEuS54X7MEIJR_F4tfwKPusI5QS1zYCTpJ5etY2Vb6dltjOM4hMYQH/s320/243659d2-aad5-4400-9fa9-48cc6c934273.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-68774210833444884532021-06-29T13:49:00.000+03:002021-06-29T13:49:06.914+03:00<p> I haven't posted for 2 years for a reason. Someday will explain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my weekend rides are under 5 hours. Despite living in a mountain bike paradise eventually you need some new trails.</p><p>Reading about the Tour Divide race in USA i got the itch for a longer ride. Decided on sunday and thought i would do circle around Monduli mtn. I do it about once a year, but I will try to do it a bit differently. Done it several times alone, sometimes very strenuous, sometimes not so bad. Last time it ws the fastest i had ever done. I would also do clock wise so that I finish with a downhill. Otherwise it is 15km slog home into the wind. I also did some unplanned sections.</p><p>Despite getting out of bed at 430am and was hoping to start at 530 by headlight I whatever happened and i went out about 615. Then i discovered i needed to add sealant in the back, and then learned the valve was slowly leaking, chain was dirty.</p><p>Then i decided I needed to weigh my bike. It was 20kgs with racks, tools, and now i forget what else.</p><p>Ahh strapped the chair on the back and got on the bike at 7am. Hmm now i heard that funny noise from he seat again and checked it out and the seat rail was broken. this is the second time in 20 or so years i have broken brooks seat rails. Changed that seat and finally left at 730am.</p><p>Two reasons to leave early around here. </p><p>-Avoid heat during middle of the day</p><p>-have 12-13 hours daylight. it gets light at 6 give or take 15 minutes and dark at 7 give or take 15 minutes. </p><p>today I am okay as it is the cold overcast season (more later) and I figure this is about 8-10 hour ride.</p><p>Familiar highway, gravel roads and i move nicely the first 15km. Take a picture of the gloomy farmland on the slopes of monduli mountain. mostly wheat fields in this area.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihU5S-Te_qQSLqwR8ZegcdJBAFnyVtovblG26sq-fJZ2UoFPecfZqTDhcJ8Jl6HbUIxF5SR7K2hOK7FcfTDRk01TQikOlUIoOJ-EClZbYJlajP4RWLyyZ7NlStI5CjPFUWGmAX/s2048/IMG_20210627_081231_858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihU5S-Te_qQSLqwR8ZegcdJBAFnyVtovblG26sq-fJZ2UoFPecfZqTDhcJ8Jl6HbUIxF5SR7K2hOK7FcfTDRk01TQikOlUIoOJ-EClZbYJlajP4RWLyyZ7NlStI5CjPFUWGmAX/s320/IMG_20210627_081231_858.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The gravel road rolls and i almost break a sweat with a jersey and light pullover. I hit the road to Mondul Coffee Estate and climb up it a few hundred meters and then take a new gravel road west again. net gain is 200m and now i get to go down mostly towards a military academy. this new road bypasses the old colonial road that doesnt exist but is rideable but very tiring with many washed out gulleys. I said many right. The road becomes a dirt track but good and i make it to the edge of the military land and steal a jog into their land to avoid more washouts. In the end I have to do 2 or three washouts like this before i reach the highway to Monduli town.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT3XPfK4y108V5fGvyDeseqrSgrBpreBHipXu6LSuBETtAQ3FOZSrVDvICs1_dr9hjEDw9avE-qiuqxbzsCmSUVM8Zs8eiKCsb_ryRGFG6wQC0P1GwYRh3M8WTSxpHp_LQwdm/s2048/IMG_20210627_092638_548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT3XPfK4y108V5fGvyDeseqrSgrBpreBHipXu6LSuBETtAQ3FOZSrVDvICs1_dr9hjEDw9avE-qiuqxbzsCmSUVM8Zs8eiKCsb_ryRGFG6wQC0P1GwYRh3M8WTSxpHp_LQwdm/s320/IMG_20210627_092638_548.jpg" /></a></div>this was a steep one. Now i ride tarmac up to monduli town and opt not to stop for food or water.<div><br /></div><div>the tarmac continues even as i climb the valley up to monduli juu plateau. They tarred the first km or so as it is very steep and the soil was slippery. Then i am on a perfect gravel road with a reasonable grade. I sweated a bit on the steep part like 15% grade. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTczPQCTC2kzZF2FF9G2cUbCQygguqcZQ5HXlRl83-wAXtsgNOXwPuJKNlJdKMOGlbsojCFYNrfyTJUA3Sc4elEf_rWILtHoQHixXz6rxomm11DjWfc368x7V-oCZaGlljLLV/s2048/IMG_20210627_101653_475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTczPQCTC2kzZF2FF9G2cUbCQygguqcZQ5HXlRl83-wAXtsgNOXwPuJKNlJdKMOGlbsojCFYNrfyTJUA3Sc4elEf_rWILtHoQHixXz6rxomm11DjWfc368x7V-oCZaGlljLLV/s320/IMG_20210627_101653_475.jpg" /></a></div><div>the first time i passed this road I was with Father Chris Promis. We parked his VW beetle at the mission in Monduli town and walked up. the road was rutted and muddy. We then walked accross the basin to a boma of Kukai his friend. It was unique experience for me at the tme.</div><div><br /></div>Three quarters of the way up at around 11 I look for a place to get off the road, have a rest and breakfast II. The chair feels great, I almost fall asleep. Chai, bp sandwhich, couple bananas and i am ready to go.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEP8f4k5Sp5k-yYFBazEVTYbNWwwdWzIJsMpzhOplXG72c7ppDOSZzIf4y8MItaEwSpEVG8vQezE1N6QXu6pDd93ilzAMvos99IkbA6v_IUJhfLRvx-35Jk-uzvm8R27OD7Uku/s2048/IMG_20210627_104123_112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEP8f4k5Sp5k-yYFBazEVTYbNWwwdWzIJsMpzhOplXG72c7ppDOSZzIf4y8MItaEwSpEVG8vQezE1N6QXu6pDd93ilzAMvos99IkbA6v_IUJhfLRvx-35Jk-uzvm8R27OD7Uku/s320/IMG_20210627_104123_112.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I pass the village and then there is a longish hill to climb to 1900m and then rolling accros the side of the mtn. I am headed for the far escarpment a village called mfereji. there i will pick up a track and climb along the northern flank of the monduli mtns and eventually to the saddle between Meru and Monduli</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5urPIjlFBuMfulwRTLeS6UURelfwffllgDSDv36KTB1rcXqQHmUm_9qEz_Df-rAOiLPq8RY2wPq6s2p930XKw9RGTl2ozIK6jThSbbkRBVbxsX_nQ8d9IkEBBfNL7hBYiFQxw/s2643/IMG_20210627_115622_847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5urPIjlFBuMfulwRTLeS6UURelfwffllgDSDv36KTB1rcXqQHmUm_9qEz_Df-rAOiLPq8RY2wPq6s2p930XKw9RGTl2ozIK6jThSbbkRBVbxsX_nQ8d9IkEBBfNL7hBYiFQxw/s320/IMG_20210627_115622_847.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>then "Seven cornors" to switchback and forth a step part of the mtn. the road below is one switch back below and then you see the road again . While still descending i take a old jeep track that is only used by motorcycles.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTLh0zqG8DWj6V6hbpC0Npp05w1zBJJ4OSMF5W0kGf5BjubgkAPwGEj2KhhS6_Y1SdyvjN_RQs4ErJv5uNh_Ipd6U6wRqN7drqm70x1imksmxJoql7_1RJjE3fk7WuFAX-UkC/s2643/IMG_20210627_120946_629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTLh0zqG8DWj6V6hbpC0Npp05w1zBJJ4OSMF5W0kGf5BjubgkAPwGEj2KhhS6_Y1SdyvjN_RQs4ErJv5uNh_Ipd6U6wRqN7drqm70x1imksmxJoql7_1RJjE3fk7WuFAX-UkC/s320/IMG_20210627_120946_629.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>On this stretch I see a giraffe close by. I stop and i see a dozen. In the next one km i see 50!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EilKxJ2sMnrGMnCKjzEtPqLNRME5nCVC9J5jo7Ygk4qGJ_RgrcRnrXDdvPpjvFxZGtm8rV0nZtJVwvO_dAnHw-kYT6UJuQwofv0w_qMJjZEBth9AC3zp2_YZRo2mOICKlXYs/s2643/IMG_20210627_122700_709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EilKxJ2sMnrGMnCKjzEtPqLNRME5nCVC9J5jo7Ygk4qGJ_RgrcRnrXDdvPpjvFxZGtm8rV0nZtJVwvO_dAnHw-kYT6UJuQwofv0w_qMJjZEBth9AC3zp2_YZRo2mOICKlXYs/s320/IMG_20210627_122700_709.jpg" /></a></div>It is a dry area and didnt receive much rain this year. i follow piki tracks heading north to mfereji village. I want to cut east before the village and water tank. the water tank will be a vast dust bowl around it from cows hoofs. there is a branch and i take it but realize it was probably too early. I figure i will somenow get over the the other track going to my friend melubo's boma. I ask and the guys says everyone knows Melubu.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNWlpLQVvPIVYKkCgbxxvXpo_J46sFZs2pFZON14kJtx9Nlx_HSCswGl0f-BOgRDjTPjLcu5U4Mob1WnVcjPXpnUy5QlZwmRKP5CRAYIc0PXKdahX2Ug7hCWhHOth_Sdtb1e2/s2643/IMG_20210627_122725_959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNWlpLQVvPIVYKkCgbxxvXpo_J46sFZs2pFZON14kJtx9Nlx_HSCswGl0f-BOgRDjTPjLcu5U4Mob1WnVcjPXpnUy5QlZwmRKP5CRAYIc0PXKdahX2Ug7hCWhHOth_Sdtb1e2/s320/IMG_20210627_122725_959.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnHroJO3j-gVqsT4yVvpUryr6BZTHXQAXMWupBtESEkBZldPJHwS-FPVC8XuJbCvBYeFLjyjTHFcmWX6P2Df37nTxsftj9-FnZhdOArQ3ny0EmF9GVMj7Wg-rnxqLgLdI3kWP/s2643/IMG_20210627_123023_257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnHroJO3j-gVqsT4yVvpUryr6BZTHXQAXMWupBtESEkBZldPJHwS-FPVC8XuJbCvBYeFLjyjTHFcmWX6P2Df37nTxsftj9-FnZhdOArQ3ny0EmF9GVMj7Wg-rnxqLgLdI3kWP/s320/IMG_20210627_123023_257.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I get some directions and more directions and like the look of the clouds and mist in the canyon. very steep canyon cuts into the mountain.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1OqBVBcBOxqyH0hjI__rV7UtXEM4BkE4BZa7-Hh81cYwv2aBWd_LndDYnyjKpR8a8Rrv7Gk6Y_Bm7nFr1RjpIV_S-S2lWbzy9wVGvzTSvkPLn0Dkuv2lRWfhh6nwxYg0iGAx/s2643/IMG_20210627_133237_087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1OqBVBcBOxqyH0hjI__rV7UtXEM4BkE4BZa7-Hh81cYwv2aBWd_LndDYnyjKpR8a8Rrv7Gk6Y_Bm7nFr1RjpIV_S-S2lWbzy9wVGvzTSvkPLn0Dkuv2lRWfhh6nwxYg0iGAx/s320/IMG_20210627_133237_087.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>There are zebra in this picture, really<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIA4kfhBnukIWIIQCi36PxLi2Xq2wxKNmxco3LpX9PxnAipxYYnZRNhQc60GLHVXlqGISMUAf660ApPJL2dAQhocSXjwTIhKUz614sswPm2ZJJJ-I9fTJCW9JG51G0FM2yZ7c2/s2643/IMG_20210627_133257_461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIA4kfhBnukIWIIQCi36PxLi2Xq2wxKNmxco3LpX9PxnAipxYYnZRNhQc60GLHVXlqGISMUAf660ApPJL2dAQhocSXjwTIhKUz614sswPm2ZJJJ-I9fTJCW9JG51G0FM2yZ7c2/s320/IMG_20210627_133257_461.jpg" /></a></div>I find the old jeep track eventually with only one tough canyon to pass. Then it peters out to single track and then cows went straight and pikis headed off north. I know I passed where the cows did once before. i take the piki but it seems not going my way and head back to the dusty cattle trail. It isnt too bad except where it is steep and then it is 15 cm of dust. I get to the canyon before Melubo's and make it down easliy the dusty trail but going up is a bit of a grunt and lifting the bike.</div><div><br /></div><div>He is home and wondering where i have been. I get a couple swigs of gin, some rice and potatoes, and a coke. i beg to leave after an hour.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWJnngXnbaCRftUCyS9LYKmBopgMg4HbY6H5b_VivGHGyjP2O5dvkv5B9VPtW5mLeTppvBpdsR3e6LqBhMp3sfYKti2GcPiqG155OoxGkIDQJIxPdwGfD5T__ycoX0XKcfYon/s2643/IMG_20210627_144203_912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWJnngXnbaCRftUCyS9LYKmBopgMg4HbY6H5b_VivGHGyjP2O5dvkv5B9VPtW5mLeTppvBpdsR3e6LqBhMp3sfYKti2GcPiqG155OoxGkIDQJIxPdwGfD5T__ycoX0XKcfYon/s320/IMG_20210627_144203_912.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Melubu has a big celebration this coming week and while i was there a piki came with 4 crates of soda. I knew i could follow his tracks although i knew this way somewhat. 5 minutes from the boma and suddenly I felt the feeling of being all alone in the world. I couldnt see people, cows, or goats, nor houses. just this vast treeless expanse. It was cold and windy. I didnt pay attention once and had to backtrack. Then after a canyon i knew the 'road' veered left but the motorcycles went straight up a gulley that used to be a road or cattle trail. it is eroded down to hard rock. i follow the piki thinking it is just going around. eventuyally i realize the piki is goiong up a trail from hell that we do on 4 hour rides sometimes. The only time in my life i almost blcked out frorm exertion was here. Do i go back or climb it. it is probably shorter, but up to 20% incline. I decide to keep on. There continues to be a strong wind against me and even on the gentle parts i am in lowest gear. Eventually i walk a fair bit.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rohwPVsULqRnroOnLuLQ6-2nNerUZ6s16vdc4seis91MX2pNXuak2HUPzOKCpfcn5yaclL3dkatCIRlWadqA2KPUOwLU3-ZNsYYcOuWnDAJXZfc4Sv6HyxJQ8B0jLPBubcDa/s2643/IMG_20210627_150102_378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rohwPVsULqRnroOnLuLQ6-2nNerUZ6s16vdc4seis91MX2pNXuak2HUPzOKCpfcn5yaclL3dkatCIRlWadqA2KPUOwLU3-ZNsYYcOuWnDAJXZfc4Sv6HyxJQ8B0jLPBubcDa/s320/IMG_20210627_150102_378.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I dont fair too badly and make it to the landmark church and a rough road what will take me mostly down to lengijave. From there it is 95% down on a big highway. </p><p>Komoot spaced out 3 times and it says 96km in 7:35 moving time and 1600m climbing. Total time with stops was 10:18 and top speed was 51kph. </p><p>It was a good one. I have been hungry since. I only drank about 1.5litres of water, 0.5l chai, and a coke. Amazing that i never took off the second layer. when i got to arusha i bought a beer and put on my raincoat as it was cold.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-34142921270287598692019-06-03T07:37:00.002+03:002019-06-03T07:37:53.571+03:00Some new routes<br />
Thad left home at 515 and was at my house at 6. we had to replace a brake disk pad.<br />
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After an hour we were passing my favorite chai stop. We said why not and had two cups each and a chapati. The owner uses 25-50 kg of flour daily making half cake and chapati. He is a regular machine. His children are fastest waiters in west of town.<br />
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Normal routes up past Sambasha but it was glorious. <br />
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The steep canyons remain indigenous mostly untouched forest. We stopped to listen to turacos and colubus.<br />
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the peak of THE mountain came out and we were thinking it was going to be a sunny day. <br />
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We rode down on deeply rutted track but zero dust. Normally this is six inches of chain drying dust. Accross the road up to the plateau. lots of asking which track. Came to a newly constructed road. Were told no one is to ride but becuase we spoke the national language were given permission. <br />
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By now it was overcast . came out on the single track up to plateau. and decided it was all we had time for when we got to the planted forest. Had second breakfast and talked to a bunch of ladies going for grass. Now we were in heavy clouds. lots of roads and trails going to oldonyo sambu , lengijave, ngaremtoni, olmotonyi. We were having time of our life coasting down to wherevever we would pop out. a bit of dust already.<br />
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We rode on dirt roads to Lengijave. Then inevitably we stopped here for the view and looking where we are going.</div>
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As we crossed the valley we had this short carry.<br />
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Great riding in the valley.<br />
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Lelo's amazing trailer complete with a chef. <br />
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The last section down the rift valley escarpment.<br />
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We almost got arrested ( Moses sorted it out.) and ended up camping here. Were good friends with the masai balozi after a bottle of gin was shared.<br />
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MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-15604969282567803282018-03-03T02:49:00.001+03:002018-03-03T02:49:43.240+03:0010 to 4I am not a racer. I might go fast. I might feel the adrenaline of competition. But i am not a racer.<br />
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This is Thad and I on day one of the <a href="http://www.10to4.org/" target="_blank">10 to 4 </a> bike race in Kenya. <br />
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I went two years ago and was sick and struggled to complete the two day race. On day one i reached the 1/3 water point and could hardly stand. i had climbed probably 1200m at this point and had 800m and 60 km to go. Somehow I finished. Finishing in last place and 2 hours behind my buddies. The next day was easier , despite that on the final down hill i was violently sick.<br />
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This year was to prove that result was a fluke, i could do better.<br />
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Thad and I stuck together on the long climb up mtn kenya. The picture above is the last part of the climb, just before entering the forest.<br />
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What followed was an hour of mostly downhill, through fast forest roads, incredible single track through forest, Elephant corridor trails. Thad got away from me. He is more fearless, and i pulled back becuase of dust. <br />
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then we rode together through the rollers back accross the wheat fields. Then a fast track through the ngongare forest. i lost Thad again. Thad waited again. We finished together, after stopping to take a picture of these elephants.<br />
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Am i a racer? my buddy waits for me. We stopp for pictures of elephants. We stop for me to empty my shoes. I cant be called a racer.<br />
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mtn kenya in the background. first day you ride up to 3,000m over the first ridge. and up to the forest. <br />
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<br />MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-7029220025189050522018-02-20T12:57:00.000+03:002018-02-20T12:57:03.806+03:00Around Mnt MeruIn a less regulated time we used to ride around Mnt meru and cut through Arusha National Park. There was a through road and lots of people were walking or riding bikes through. Never heard of anyone getting killed by animals. <br />
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About ten years ago the national parks called a halt to that either for safety reasons or to increase income.<br />
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It didn't seem so appealing to ride around the park in farmland.<br />
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Arusha Cycling club has grown and kind of fractured. we have groups depending upon geographical location, age, style of riding. I belong to a couple of groups.<br />
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Northern A-city riders called for a weekend ride , staying on the north side in a tented camp called Mkuru.<br />
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None of these pictures are mine. We set off a bit after 7 from Kijenge. This is the part where the new bypass road overlaps the old moshi road.<br />
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Happy campers when we ride along the park<br />
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First lunch.<br />
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Sune finds true love on a poster.<br />
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After a section of rolling road we get to Momella lakes and play tourist for a few minutes.<br />
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Sune getting air in Mongolia<br />
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After last weeks ride / hike I wanted similar . So we did different ridge that would lead to the top peak and what looks like a track going across.</div>
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amazing forest 2 hours from my house.<br />
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Some boys herding their cows ran along with us for awhile.<br />
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A few times we got spectacular views.<br />
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thad had a huge fall. handle bars caught on a branch. He stayed down for minutes. <br />
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Looking at the bike and deciding if he ever wants to ride again.<br />
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Stay tuned , we figure we have a couple of months of ridges to check out.<br />
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We can see Monduli mtn from our house in this old picture. Although it is only 2800 meters high and just hours from my house and I used to consider myself a mountain climber the peak has eluded me. <br />
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It eluded me mostly because the top is thick Bamboo groves. I have been close to the top, and know that most likely the peak has no view , except the bamboo all around you.<br />
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It wasn't our plan the night before to summit, but during the ride we decided to make it to the top of at least one of the peaks.<br />
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As we gained elevation we were socked into fog and clouds.<br />
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We rode until it was to steep to ride most of the time and locked the bikes off the trail. <br />
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Thick fog . Beautiful forest. Nice walk.<br />
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We climbed above the fog/clouds and Mtn Meru peeked above the clouds in a rare opening in the bamboo forest.<br />
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Cool glades.Our wide trail below.<br />
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More forest and more views.<br />
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Eventually you are in a thick bamboo forest that is hammered by elephants and people. Higher it is less hammered. There was sign of elephants but a few days old.<br />
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From maps there is a peak maybe 50 meters higher and a trail on the other side. So we have some more exploring to do.MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-20946632344727789122017-09-04T09:29:00.002+03:002017-09-05T12:30:10.241+03:00Northern Arusha City Bikers weekend trip #1 : Around Mnt Meru<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two different ecological zones on the weekend trip.<br />
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I have long belonged to Arusha Cycling Club. Northern Arusha Bikers is an informal subset that live on the "other side" of town than most members. Sune organised a ride around Mnt Meru for the weekend. This is the group that showed up.<br />
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Sammy prepares by checking his bike out.<br />
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First food stop mid morning near Kingori. Basically we have been riding around Ngurdoto crater.<br />
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Second day some rode directly back the 5 hours and some took a detour to below Mkuru peak. A steep rocky jeep trail turned into a steep rocky cattle track. i found it easier to carry<br />
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On top was a plateau. Reminds me of pictures of Mongolia<br />
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Great trip.!MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-51571401109250959322017-07-10T12:19:00.003+03:002017-07-10T12:19:47.778+03:00Various rides<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alone up into clouds on Monduli<br />
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What kind of bird of prey is this?<br />
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I met a guy and he said he didnt recommend continuing as it was rocky. I carried the bike a fair amount. going up on rocky hill and got this view of a swamp.<br />
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This was when the trail was good.<br />
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I came through that forest<br />
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And eventually came to a road on the other side.<br />
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It came out onto the plains going towards Engaruka. I took cattle and foot paths and motored into the morning sun on fast tracks.<br />
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Got back into a forest and saw some impala.<br />
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Road for another hour after getting on the gravel road. Went back all the way on the main gravel road just in time for lunch.</div>
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Dina (on right) and Patrick (taking picture) work for me building. They wanted to start bikinig. In the distance is Sune a member of east meru bikers. John is long time bike buddy.</div>
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The fastest section on the Lengijave plains. <br />
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Sometimes you gotta pee.<br />
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pays to go with someone who takes more interesting pictures.<br />
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Those are zebra behind Sune.<br />
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really cool erosion pattern, but not so cool to ride over. it is a short section<br />
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Instead of the switchbacks went up straight. Steep.</div>
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Nice to Ride with Simon Peterson.<br />
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Finally some sunshine.<br />
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<br />MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-16806705789404173562017-05-27T21:54:00.001+03:002017-05-27T21:54:27.066+03:00Carrying stuff to workOne reason to not ride bike to work is carrying stuff that is large or heavy. i was going to drive to carry this invertor but manage to carry on bike.<br />
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<br />MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-91442415536181699972017-05-27T21:44:00.000+03:002017-05-27T21:44:37.432+03:00Found this tuber<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Sometimes we see interesting stuff. Like this tuber, hard as rock.</div>
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on top of this ridge we asked a kid if we could make are way down. he said no way and we tried but it became thick thorn brush and rocks and very steep. we rode around for 30 minutes and found this trail.<br />
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Nothing much to say but I see these quite often.MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-24215596301337047342017-01-01T11:22:00.000+03:002017-04-27T12:09:57.989+03:00Ride of Lifetime II<br />
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Some lifetime events get better. Nashesha and I rode as a team in our annual 2 day mtn bike race. Each day is 50-65 km and around 1000 meters climbing. She did great and had fun. It was dusty and hot. A few more pictures.<br />
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Riding up this valley was spectacular.<br />
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She rode with me down from Amani to Korogwe, a drop of 600meters. I am happy that she has found a lifetime sport she enjoys.<br />
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We also did a leisurely ride one day in the forest around our place.<br />
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I have been using the roof top carrier for a year. The trip this week one of the bolts broke. I was able to weld it in Amani mountains and it worked better<br />
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<li>for the rear I stopped using a v channel for the back tyre, it is just cinched down. </li>
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It folds size of a suitcase. I had this bag made .<br />
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I can take it easily on trips. it adjusts for about anyone. these masai kids went for a spin. there is a <a href="https://youtu.be/lpH9mxu285g" target="_blank">youtube video</a><br />
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It works well as a mtn bike. Not as good as full suspension but it is useable.<br />
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<br />MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-13400832012062356992016-08-13T19:45:00.001+03:002016-08-15T10:09:39.981+03:00Ride of a lifetimeI ride a bicycle a fair amount. I have had some epic rides. I have met some epic riders. But today was over the top.<br />
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I have hosted around the world bicycle tourists, I rode my bicycle to the gate of Mt Kilimanjaro to shake hands with Alberto Contador, Rafaell Majaka, and Peter Sagan. I rode RAMROD. I rode 320km to Ngorongoro gate and back in 13 hours .<br />
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But those memories pale in comparison to riding with my child today.<br />
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I have ridden with my daughter Nashesha many times, even 3 day trips, or long days on the tandem.<br />
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But today she rode an advanced route, and out did me several times. There are some uphills in rough tracks and I "came off" twice and walked, she rode around me. At no point did I have to compromise. <br />
Reminds me of the days 15 years ago when my son Seth beat me up a hill.<br />
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There is nothing better in life when you see your child enjoy what is important to you. <br />
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Today was that day. 4 1/2 hours riding in total. First dealing with heavy traffic for 30 min, climbing 800 m, helping me fix a flats. I mean really helping. No complaints from a teenager and then arriving home and telling mom " it was so great". I think I have reached the pinnacle of life.<br />
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The only rest stop. Chai, a few wild berries, and a banana.<br />
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Some big trees in the forest.<br />
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<br />MzunguErikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798367115574846469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37168687.post-60940688320764842632016-08-11T11:41:00.000+03:002016-08-11T11:41:00.358+03:00Family vacation ridesI have a fork holder on the roof and a collapsable bike and found a better way to lay a third bike on the roof, so I could take three bikes!. <br />
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When putting a bike on the roof rack flat, lay the tyres under the bike as a cushion, works great. Although the fork clamp is the easiest and fastest way. Also remove the quick release skewers. One of mine the nut vibrated off!<br />
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We drove to Tanga town arriving in the dark. Next morning the easiest bike to get out was the collapseable so i rode that for 2 hours. It is a great bike considering it is collapseable.<br />
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First a stop in Amboni Caves near Tanga. It was great.<br />
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Hitting the beach with daughter after a early morning ride.<br />
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Nashesha picked up a friend called george.<br />
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ride in the clouds in East Usambara.<br />
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dropping down to Korogwe.<br />
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Big brother Don making it to the road after an hour of descending mostly steep tracks. He did one epic fall jumping off the bike and then a forward flip. The second fall was not so epic but he got some good road rash.<br />
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