After Joshua Tree we went to the "waterfall" where the guys dropped in about 12 feet into a little creek. They had to get up a ledge which entailed either going straight up four feet to the next shelf - which i nly saw one guy do - or taking a rough trip up a couple feet, around a boulder, pulling your front wheel out of a deep hole, dropping the bike, doing a 180, and then powering up the creekbed. Very nasty!

Mike, Joel, Vince and myself made the trip up. It was a good time and well done event. The fog pushed the start back from 10am to 11:30 which left us a bit miffed but what the hell, Red Bull needs the aerial footage and that's that! Once the event started it was pretty fun. Despite it being a 40 mile course which took the lead guy over three hours to negotiate, there were only four places where spectators could see the action. God knows there must be so much more out on the course to see but it is just too fat to walk or drive the little trams. We decided they have created a great course but they need to work out the kinks a bit more for the spectators.

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Careerstdnt > More riders. I wonder how they were feeling about heading off onto this brutal course!

Careerstdnt > Last Man Standing 2007 photo

Careerstdnt > Gotta give it to Red Bull, they know how to market themselves to folks like us

Careerstdnt > Joshua Tree, the scene of much carnage last year - see youtube. The narrowed the run-up this year and actually carved out a little bit in the middle to make it that much tougher.

Careerstdnt > There was a hump, rock, buried corpse, which threw everyone up at this point. Getting the rear wheel to dig in again while keeping the momentum was a bitch. Guys at the front like Knight cleaned it both times!

Careerstdnt > After Joshua Tree we went to the "waterfall" where the guys dropped in about 12 feet into a little creek. They had to get up a ledge which entailed either going straight up four feet to the next shelf - which i nly saw one guy do - or taking a rough trip up a couple feet, around a boulder, pulling your front wheel out of a deep hole, dropping the bike, doing a 180, and then powering up the creekbed. Very nasty!

After Joshua Tree we went to the "waterfall" where the guys dropped in about 12 feet into a little creek. They had to get up a ledge which entailed either going straight up four feet to the next shelf - which i nly saw one guy do - or taking a rough trip up a couple feet, around a boulder, pulling your front wheel out of a deep hole, dropping the bike, doing a 180, and then powering up the creekbed. Very nasty!