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The ride was great. (Garmin capture above.) 33 miles, with 3,570 feet of climbing, at an altitude of 6,500-7,700 feet. It hurt, as good rides are supposed to. From the Rim Village area, heading clockwise (for better access to the overlook points), the first three miles were a hard climb that had me panting considerably. Then I settled down and did mostly a journeyman ride around the crater, until the last three mile climb back to the Village, which also hurt. Below are a couple nice 5D pictures from the outing. (I haven't yet processed the G10 images.)
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Disappointingly to a perfectionist like me, I got some dust on the 5D sensor, so I'll need to do some cleaning and I had to do some touch-up on the images in post-processing. I think at least a couple shots warrant high-quality reproduction -- e.g., canvass prints at Mpix, -- so I'll wait until I'm home when I have my big system and high resolution screen for final editing. (I'm working with a small Macbook laptop during travel.)
1 comment:
B-E-A-utiful photos Jim! Been there, but didn't ride the rim (as I was there on June 30 and snow still had part of the rim road closed).
Just baptized my full suspension ride this weekend in the hills of Pisgah!
Be well,
Z
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