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As it turns out, many of the trails were still trechorously icy.

I was trying to play it conservative today because I am going on a biking holiday in two weeks. The last thing I want to do is get hurt. None-the-less, I feel hard after slipping on the ice. I hit my wrist pretty good, but I think I’ll survive.

There was a fair amount of climbing today, made even worse by the ice. Ice and incline definately do not mix. Lots of forks in the trail to [insert your stupid fork / knife / spoon joke here].

OK. This next photo was at the end of a nasty climb. I was going to photoshop it to make it look like it was accomplished. Unfortunately one of the poseurs doesn’t know how to pose and is leaning just a bit too much to be convincing.

Chimney rock surrounds a huge slate quarry. I suppose there will come a day when you’ll be able to see right out to the highway.

As the day wore on, the trails began to melt. They became pretty soggy and muddy in places, so the time came to head out to avoid any damage.

On the way back we had to stop at the stairs!

Which we all did, even me.

The last bit of trail
before the lot, has tons of log overs and a couple of jumps.

Mike "Air" Newman shows us how it’s done!

Chimney Rock is a great place to ride. Not the tallest spot in New Jersey, but it’s a little bit of wilderness in a very suburban setting. I grew up around this area, so I am very familiar with the neighboring towns. In fact, I took a little 10 mile detour on the way home to stop at Harolds New York deli for some grub.

Yes, that is ONE corned beef on rye sandwich ($23) and ONE slice of chocolate mousse cake ($11)! Harold was the original operator of the world famous Carnegie deli in NYC. He started his own place and kind of upped it a notch. By the way, that’s a pound and a half of corned beef on that bread.