Great day, great ride leader, great weather. Thanks to all for the welcome at the top.
Special thanks to Marko Polo and scottmorrison for the company on the lower 2 slopes, and extra-special thanks to bigbossman, who got me through the last 4 or 5 miles, when seppukku seemed like a viable option.
And thanks Pete for ringing that bell like a nut when I was slogging up that last mile. It gave me something else to think about -- although you don't want to know what I was thinking.
bikingshearer
aka "the Cinzano guy."
PS - For those of you who heard my two-word commentary when I first dragged my butt up to the tippy-top: I stand by my comments 100%