October 23, 2010 Newbees on GMR

Gina at shack on GMR. She thinks it is cold out. Fred at the shack. Tammy and Gina at the shack Allan's first time up GMR Fred coming up the switchbacks And again Some riders going down as Fred ascends to the switchbacks Allan and Tammy, first timers, at the shack A couple of first timers Fred talked a husband and wife he knows from SART to come on up and give GMR a go for their first time. Tammy took off like a bullet, while Allan rode with Gina to start things out. It was a very busy day for riders, lots of them out. Seems like Fred knew just about all of them. He kept stopping to talk with riders and get video, so the rest of us got a ways up the hill ahead of him. It got to a point where he was quite a ways back, so I stopped and waited while everyone else kept going. He finally caught up and we caught up to Gina. Allan and Tammy were not to be seen until we reached the shack. Hung out for a while and headed down. For as fast as Tammy was on the way up, she practically waked down. Guess she has a fear of going downhill fast. At one point I waited over 20 minutes for her and Gina, just to make sure they were safe, which they were of course. Good ride all in all.