Originally Posted by
4score
LOL...I was watching your "Sufferfest" on Salmon Falls video last night and getting really nervous about tomorrow's ride! Yes, I've one a few climbs around the area, but none are real long. Last year I attempted Iowa Hill and I bonked. I was 95% of the way to the top and I died. Some day, I will try again! This time I will pay better attention to my food and water intake.
I just got back from a nice drive up 50 to the top of Ice House Road (snowing!) and back through Placerville. I told my friend who was driving about a climb I read about
here, Mosquito Road. We drove out and back on it, and I feel that I would need to lose another 20 pounds before attempting that one. It reminds me of Iowa Hill Road, which I climbed back in 1997 when I weighed 140 (still too fat, but better than the 150 I'm at now).
Tomorrow's climb will be Eagle's Nest in Auburn.
