{"id":202,"date":"2009-01-26T11:10:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T19:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=202"},"modified":"2009-01-26T11:16:59","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T19:16:59","slug":"getting-a-little-iron-in-my-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Getting a little Iron in my diet."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday,\u00a0 Steve (Aquaholic), Mark (HecklerMark) and I decided to get our chunk on at <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainbikebill.com\/IronMountain.htm\">Iron Mountain<\/a>\u00a0located between Poway and Ramona.\u00a0 The weather was a bit brisk and the threat of getting a little wet was moderate.\u00a0 All of the other times I have done Iron Mountain I have been solo and the temps were high.\u00a0 Today was a treat by having folks to ride with and not having to stew in my own juices.<\/p>\n<p>There were a metric ton of hikers out today, so trail etiquitte was certainly something we had to be very mindful of today.\u00a0 As in all of my previous visits here, the hikers are generally freaking amazed that anyone would ride a bike out here.\u00a0 There were lots of words of encouragements thrown our way both on the climb and then descent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/IronMountain\/normal_IronMountain-25JAN09-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/f5a82d7b44659fd9cdb6bd02b9e95bec.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/f5a82d7b44659fd9cdb6bd02b9e95bec.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The weather did not offer the best of views, but I always find it cool to look down from the peak and pick our there vehicle down at the trailhead.\u00a0\u00a0 The descent down went well as all three of us seemed to be in a good groove for riding the chunk.<\/p>\n<p>Once back down the mountain, we split off onto the Ellie Lane trail.\u00a0\u00a0 I am not fan of the ill-placed peeled-log waterbars, then again they are quite a challenge.\u00a0 Once we worked our way past the Ramona overlook we into some good downhill chunk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/IronMountain\/normal_IronMountain-25JAN09-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/4b5fd108a6f63f8b344bb2c8d84df7ff.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/4b5fd108a6f63f8b344bb2c8d84df7ff.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve being Steve on his circus bike.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/IronMountain\/normal_IronMountain-25JAN09-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/6db20ae274c33787a8fc2af281cd51e3.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"899\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/6db20ae274c33787a8fc2af281cd51e3.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark in some chunk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/IronMountain\/normal_IronMountain-25JAN09-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c47e10fc1660d3e3cec7295ce262b8dc.jpg?resize=695%2C899\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"899\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c47e10fc1660d3e3cec7295ce262b8dc.jpg?resize=695%2C899\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getting some chunk on myself.\u00a0 This was my first time cleaning this sequence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/IronMountain\/normal_IronMountain-25JAN09-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/0a9f39207ddc7e1dc23bae1daa4d4e00.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"899\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/0a9f39207ddc7e1dc23bae1daa4d4e00.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More Mark Chunkage<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/IronMountain\/normal_IronMountain-25JAN09-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/540e200f53a2a961480c129289eb85b1.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"899\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/540e200f53a2a961480c129289eb85b1.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve and the trail ahead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/IronMountain\/normal_IronMountain-25JAN09-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c2a7af40945cd5d57e5cce4ca7368096.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c2a7af40945cd5d57e5cce4ca7368096.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/IronMountain\/normal_IronMountain-25JAN09-08.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The top of &#8220;Final Exam&#8221; (Trickier than it looks)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/IronMountain\/normal_IronMountain-25JAN09-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/e048088875d365933c50de12bd1c3122.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"899\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/e048088875d365933c50de12bd1c3122.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you tell Steve hates to have his picture taken?<\/p>\n<p>This was 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