Sunday, June 15, 2008

White Rim Bike Trip

So here's some pictures of the bike trip I went on with some friends from work. We rode the White Rim trail (its down near Moab), and it was an awesome 3-day ride. The trail is about 100 miles long, and is a jeep road with some awesome views, since it basically follows the rim of a mesa with 500 to 1000 foot drop offs all over the place.

This was the hill at the end of the trail, it was insanely steep (we had to go up it). As we were riding up, we saw some base jumpers jump off the cliff to the right, which is about 1000 feet high, it was cool.


We had 2 trucks follow us with gear and water, because there are no water sources along the trail for the first two days.




This formation is called washerwoman tower, because it looks like a lady with her hair in a bun and her arms outstretched.


This is a natural arch called Musselman arch that was a little freaky to walk out on, it's only about 10 feet wide. The picture doesn't do it justice, the dropoff on each side is about 300 feet. I didn't have the guts to ride across it, but that would've been a sweet picture...


You can see the trail above the cliffs

3 comments:

Deborah Thue said...

Thank you, Christian, for remembering you are a responsible husband and father, and not riding your bike accros the scary rock bridge!
love, aunt Debbie 2E

Branden said...

That looks like it was a pretty rad trip. Good thing you didn't fall down any of those cliffs because that would've made the trip a not so rad one.

Carly said...

Wow Christian! What a crazy bike trip, but it looks like it was beautiful, your pictures are awesome! I'm glad you were safe and had fun. My brother is seriously hard core!