ADVENTURE: STUPID OR SMART?

AT 2PM, THE SUN'S HEAT WAS cooking the desert floor.  Not a soul to be seen.  I knew how to get back to where I'd started, had a pretty good idea of the long way to my destination...

... and hoped the short cut wouldn't kill me.

I wasn't short on time, but lately I'd been...

... short on adventure.

The fact that things could go horribly wrong was why it had to be done,
choosing the safe route felt like failure,
risk taking was irresistible.

The heat might overpower me,
my sense of direction be completely wrong,
a mechanical failure would make for a helluva hike.

I went for it.

Soon enough, whooshing through the dips and drops, my chain sounded terrible.

Why didn't I lube it?

Something had to be wrong, the sound was much worse than dry links.

I stopped.

Sweat filled the bottom of my lens as I inspected the drive train.

Of all the things!

The culprit, a loose chain catcher, was causing the grinding sound.

I grabbed my multi-tool, and went to work.

So did the horseflies!

Swiping at them only seemed to signal for their friends to join in harassing me.

The fix, in this case, was removal of the catcher as quickly as possible so I could get moving.

Rolling into the small town felt fantastic,
I'd tempted fate,
and won.

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165ish
7.5 hrs
0  Circuit of RaceDay Ready Resistance Training
0 minutes recovery  
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