With a mint Waikato weekend to look forward too, what better way than explore the local mountain passes on offer so it was decided an early Saturday morning start was the go. We'll keep this short and let the pictures do the talking (mostly).
Wazzati, Cobra and Focker (Vincenzo pulled last minute to "look after" Soph....sure;-) set out early-ish for the Waikato town of Cambridge. First hiccup - Focker left his food and camelback at home (thanks to Koob for making the phone call to alert focker he wasn't alert when packing the car - we were only half way there luckily..). Ok so the ride didn't start as early as expected...
The plan - ride from Cambridge, up the Sanitorium Mountain pass (Maungakawa 1200 ft/380m above sea level - start elevation 53m above sea level) then onto Te Miro MTB tracks then back via Waikato's own Mont Vontoux (1350ft/450m above sea level) then back over Sanitorium to Cambridge for coffee and some kai. After a number of Wazza "Jan" attacks and Focker dropping the boys on anything that looked like a downhill, Cobra decided he better cut the ride short and head home early (and get Kelli to pick him up so he could to get to the airport on time to pick up his brother)....yeah right, missed all the hills and nearly rode all the way back to the Tron as it turned out - cunning Cobra plan for sure (he didn't get lost though so thats a bonus).
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He missed out on climbing Vontoux(and Maungakawa again), which Waz and myself did, but were not ballsy enough to jump the fence with the big "F*&% off - private property" sign to get to the top of (50 vertical metres short) but there will be a next time - great views of the Mt Ruapehu, Lake Karapiro etc all the same. The singletrack we did at Te Miro was in mint condition also and we found a track we'd never ridden as well - awesome. So after 56km, 3 hours of riding, 1003m/3000ft of vertical metres gained (climbing) we knocked the bastard off - a long overdue ride we've been meaning to do for the last few years.
The Next PT Waikato adventure ride is Saturday the 24th April - be there!
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