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I thought I'd start a thread about those dreaded "girl days" when you can't seem to get your helmet on straight, much less climb a technical line. Let's hear them ladies!
This is my all time best, I think...
Buddy calls me at 8:30pm to see if I can go ride the next day. I am not prepared. I thrash to get my gear together, get up early to load my sled in the back of my truck and get moving. I have to premix my race fuel, regular fuel and oil. I had one of my 5 gallon jugs 1/2 full, so I poured that in before I left the house. When I did so, I forgot to put my gas cap back on!
Get on the road, stop for more gas and was dazed and confused (running late and I hate having people wait on me) so I took a left instead of a right. Now I'm running 30 minutes late instead of 10 minutes. UHHHHHHHG
Turn around, get heading the right way....
Driving up the dirt road, about 2 miles from where we park I hit a big pot hole and look back to see my sled coming out of the back of my truck! In my haste to get out of the driveway, I forgot to tie my sled down! Luckily I stopped and the skiis were still on the tail gate. But I'm standing in the middle of the road scratching my head trying to figure out how to get my sled back into my truck. I don't have a ramp. No one behind me, which really.... thank god (embarrassing). So, I look, the track is on the ground and not hitting the tail gait. HMMMM I tie the skiis off to the truck and proceed to drag the sled the rest of the way up w/ just about 6" of the track running on the ground! When I got to the parking place Buddy turns around and the look on his face was total HOLY CHIT! He screams "Your sled is coming out of your truck!" I laughed, got out and told him what happened, he about fell over.
So, we then make me a makeshift gas cap consisting of a blue rubber glove, zip ties and duct tape. It held all day, but I didn't ever roll to put it to a true test.
Now, Buddy is beyond ready to go, pacing, I'm struggling to get my gear on, get my lunch packed, chicken w/ it's head chopped off kind of thing. I put my extra gas can on my sled, grabbed my helmet, started my sled and took off. Hmmm, seems I forgot to TIE IT DOWN! HAHAHAHHAHAHA The thing that irks me, is someone found it and took it. This is about $30 in fuel/oil..... not nice, but that is what I get I guess.
This is my all time best, I think...
Buddy calls me at 8:30pm to see if I can go ride the next day. I am not prepared. I thrash to get my gear together, get up early to load my sled in the back of my truck and get moving. I have to premix my race fuel, regular fuel and oil. I had one of my 5 gallon jugs 1/2 full, so I poured that in before I left the house. When I did so, I forgot to put my gas cap back on!
Get on the road, stop for more gas and was dazed and confused (running late and I hate having people wait on me) so I took a left instead of a right. Now I'm running 30 minutes late instead of 10 minutes. UHHHHHHHG
Turn around, get heading the right way....
Driving up the dirt road, about 2 miles from where we park I hit a big pot hole and look back to see my sled coming out of the back of my truck! In my haste to get out of the driveway, I forgot to tie my sled down! Luckily I stopped and the skiis were still on the tail gate. But I'm standing in the middle of the road scratching my head trying to figure out how to get my sled back into my truck. I don't have a ramp. No one behind me, which really.... thank god (embarrassing). So, I look, the track is on the ground and not hitting the tail gait. HMMMM I tie the skiis off to the truck and proceed to drag the sled the rest of the way up w/ just about 6" of the track running on the ground! When I got to the parking place Buddy turns around and the look on his face was total HOLY CHIT! He screams "Your sled is coming out of your truck!" I laughed, got out and told him what happened, he about fell over.
So, we then make me a makeshift gas cap consisting of a blue rubber glove, zip ties and duct tape. It held all day, but I didn't ever roll to put it to a true test.
Now, Buddy is beyond ready to go, pacing, I'm struggling to get my gear on, get my lunch packed, chicken w/ it's head chopped off kind of thing. I put my extra gas can on my sled, grabbed my helmet, started my sled and took off. Hmmm, seems I forgot to TIE IT DOWN! HAHAHAHHAHAHA The thing that irks me, is someone found it and took it. This is about $30 in fuel/oil..... not nice, but that is what I get I guess.
