nice to meet GP (thanks for arranging the ride!), jsigone (who set a blistering pace after stopping near the taco shop to help out his buddy) and to see JimmyNH again. even met hamster at the top.
always more fun to suffer with like-minded companions than to suffer alone.
special thanks for JimmyNH for serving as my virtual carrot (since he was dressed in bright orange euskatel kit) for the climb since he was always one, tantalyzing end of the switchback farther ahead
of me. zoomed up nearly 200 spots from 1204 on the strava climb rankings to just over 1000.
now i remember why i don't ride palomar on the weekends. crotch-rocket hell.