Northern California - Diablo Virgin ride - Saturday 12/27

To celebrate BlastRadius's birthday and the fact that he's still a Diablo virgin, I'm proposing to take him up the hill tomorrow (Saturday), starting at 9am.

My proposed route is this:

- Start from the Athenian school, climb up the South side to the summit
- Descend to the North gate
- Climb up the North side to the Junction
- Descend South side to the Athenian school.

I estimate this will be just under 40 miles and 5,000 ft of climbing. This will give him the full tour of Diablo.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e157/sesamecrunch/DiabloProfile.jpg

Anyone else want to join us to see Henry de-flowered? The Athenian School is here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=athenian+school+near+danville,+ca&ie=UTF8&ll=37.837208,-121.94571&spn=0.120387,0.2314&z=12&om=1

IN:

BlastRadius
SesameCrunch
Taxi777
MsIncredible
Bostic
exhorserider

Pace?

<---limited by my HR

Ah man! I'm out of town. This should be good. Is there still snow on top? Take lotsa pics!

Sounds good, don't think I can make it.

One word of caution though, it's been pretty chilly here just the other side of the Oakland Hills, so at the top of Diablo you'll be needing some extra layers to avoid becoming George...

http://scienceblogs.com/evolgen/upload/2006/08/george_costanza.jpg

Hopefully the whole road is open by now.

I don't think the pace will be too fast. I need to pace myself since I've not climbed it before.

Henry,
Even when you are taking it easy, you are faster than me up the mountain (on my good days).

Ah man! I'm out of town. This should be good. Is there still snow on top? Take lotsa pics!

Was up there earlier today and, yes, the road is open to the top but the last quarter mile had ice for the last quarter mile in all the shaded regions. I contemplated walking down the down side of the summit wall but managed to hold the brakes all the way to the lower lot before getting on with the descent. Still pretty cold up there though. I'd love to join since it's so close to home but I've got errands to run all morning. Have fun guys!

I'm in...don't want to miss another sacrifice! : )

Alan, I'll take the train over in the morning and meet you guys at the school, thanks...I'm shirking some work to do this,so I need to work early in the morning...
PEte

If someone could give me a ride from Foster City there, I'd be in.

Otherwise I'd have to leave home before 6 am to catch BART, which would mean getting up around 4:30 to take care of my dogs first. In which case I would just sleep in and go for a local ride.

Pace?

<---limited by my HR

It's a social ride, but who knows what Taxi777 is going to do. He'll probably be up and down it before I reach the junction.

It's a social ride, but who knows what Taxi777 is going to do. He'll probably be up and down it before I reach the junction.
I'm pretty beat after Taskmaster Chris's training ride...I'll behave!:p

If someone could give me a ride from Foster City there, I'd be in.


Henry:

I can pick up MsIncredible on the way there. Can you bring her back?

So much for sleeping in tomorrow.

So much for sleeping in tomorrow.

:thumb:

Oh Diablo, How I miss thee.

I'd be tempted for this one, but I'll be out of state. Have fun and take pictures, I want to see snow!

I *think* I'll be there-- never done diablo before either so should be interesting...

I *think* I'll be there-- never done diablo before either so should be interesting...

Allright! Way coool!!;)

Henry:

I can pick up MsIncredible on the way there. Can you bring her back?

Yep. I can bring her back for sure.
See you all in the morn.

Brrrrrr.
According to WeatherUnderground, Danville is supposed to 43* at 10am.

Temperature's still in the 20's at the summit, per the Mt. D hotline - I'm sure you all are having a blast!

You'd be welcome to stop by my house on the way back (just over 7 miles from the Athenian School), but then you'd have to help put together Christmas presents.:innocent:

JB

BUMP.....

Well?

BUMP.....

Well?

They froze at the top! :eek:

Did you notice the cloud hanging over the top all day long? ... galactic cloud!

Yeah - I noticed the summit was shrouded most of the day. I still think that Shrinkage-a-la-Costanza is the reason. No doubt, waiting for warmer weather to descend and post.

They froze at the top! :eek:

Nah, we froze on the way down. ;)

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