the weekend in movies
June 18, 2012
Okay, the title is a bit misleading. I mean, I did see Prometheus, which I loved despite its flaws, but by “weekend in movies” what I really mean is, I did some stuff over the weekend, and I filmed some of it, set it to music, and went ahead and Vimeo-ized it.
I’ll start with the second thing first. Got Ian, his old friend Kolby, and his new friends Megan and Rachel out on the boat Saturday afternoon. A good time was had by all, near as I can tell.
But before we hit the lake, I headed up AF with Eric Bright and Brandon Banks to hit some dirt, with the primary goal of finding our way over to the new-ish Mill Canyon stuff. I heard tell of a 32 switchback climb. Turns out, yes, yes there are 32 switchbacks.
I got a little self-indulgent while I was watching a rough cut (first cut), and I wanted a song on it, so I popped Pink Floyd’s Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and, well, I just couldn’t cut any more after that. Sometimes the best iTunes feature is “sort by song length.”
Anyway, here it is, featuring the mud/mill downhill, and the mill switchbacks. There are 32 switchbacks. I think I got em all, but I don’t feel like counting again. I had a hard enough time counting them the first time.
June 18, 2012 at 12:35 pm
You own a boat? We need to be better friends.
I rode down Mud Springs last week. It’s in pretty good shape. Put a grin on my face.
I like the new mega-switchback Mill. The grade is pretty even so I can get into a nice climbing rhythm. Although near the top the grade kicks up. Still fun.
June 19, 2012 at 10:18 am
I loved that ride, every minute of it.
June 19, 2012 at 3:31 pm
thanks for cutting out the parts where i pulled to the side bent over and gacked a lung. that was nice of you.