{"id":71,"date":"2008-07-02T20:46:14","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T04:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2010-07-16T15:27:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T23:27:48","slug":"the-portal-trail-in-retrospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"The Portal Trail in Retrospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am in the process of putting together my video of the Poison Spider Mesa and The Portal Trail.\u00a0 For those of you who read <a title=\"Poison Spider Mesa and the Portal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/UT-PoisonSpiderMesa.htm\">my review<\/a> you should have noticed the unusual amount of attention I paid to how dangerous this trail is in\u00a0the exposed sections.\u00a0\u00a0Standing on the edge there knowing that three mountain bikers have fallen to their deaths is quite an experience.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought we were quite cautious in what we rode and what we walked on that infamous and precarious trail.\u00a0\u00a0 While reviewing the footage I had a couple of OMFG moments when I saw a couple of spots that we did ride.\u00a0\u00a0 While\u00a0these couple of sections were flat and tame with some\u00a0ground buffer between us and the edge I&#8217;m pretty sure I would not ride them again.\u00a0\u00a0 Too much of the hebegebes put\u00a0in my head now.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For me there has only been a few\u00a0trails that have gotten\u00a0into my head like the Portal Trail.\u00a0\u00a0 If you have ever had one of those dreams where you are falling forever, this could be that place.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure how this thought process with effect the final video, I&#8217;ll just have to see where it takes me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/26ba18319a4f3dad394e57a58c6f6660.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" border=\"3\" alt=\"Bill O'Neil on the Portal\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/26ba18319a4f3dad394e57a58c6f6660.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\ufffd<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2499\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BW-MBBLogo.gif') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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