Endurance
Necks tattooed, sinewy frames, taut muscles, hard-rock and thug life rap music blaring from the camp sites, looks serious and stern. And that was just the women. The female gender were a definite small minority of the riders but the one's who did ride looked tough as nails. Not a whole lot of girly-girls pedi-types. To bring you up to speed, just got back from some seriously hardcore downhill mountain biking competition at Blue Mountain Resort here in Pa. About two hours away through little traffic, it fits the frame of what I would consider a picture-perfect weekend getaway paradise. The event is a big draw rider-wise and the participants were mostly from the Mid-Atlantic region. Blue Mountain Resort is first class facility with superfriendly and competent staff and management; it is a well-run operation. At the end of today when we needed a ride down the mountain after viewing the downhill race, we hitched a ride with a staff member who was driving, down treacherous paths,