Well, Cypress 2012 was certainly an epic ride/adventure. Firstly, I would like to mention that I hope Snobear is doing better after his fall. Snobear had a very unlucky fall where his pannier landed on his leg and smashed it. Snobear was already in hospital after I arrived in the hills and I was very sorry not to see him and even more sorry when I heard of his predicament. The next day, Invariant, John0270, B, and I set off to try and recover his bike from the Gap Road, but then we learned that Snobear's family had already recovered his bike. I am sorry we didn't get to help you out at all Snobear!! Get better soon and I hope you are back on your bike as quickly as possible.

The ride went on, even though Snobear's fall was on everyone's minds. Invariant and B were very sick. They had been camping at the Ranger Station campground for a day or two before everyone else arrived and they either got some food poisoning from a local restaurant or they gave each other the flu through some sort of "Broke Back Mountain" manoeuvre.

We all met up for the "main" ride on Saturday. After hearing that we didn't need to recover Snobear's bike from the Gap Road, John0270 and I met up with Kiffer1 and Kiffer2 to go and find the Alberta/Med. Hat group. We left Invariant and B sleeping together to get over the food poisoning/BBM manoeuvre. (I am very sad that I didn't get a picture of them sleeping together in the front of the truck).

After meeting up with the Alberta dudes (and suggesting they avoid the Denver Sandwich), Iggythump took us on some epic trails for most of the morning. There were only one or two very minor falls, and no major breakages. Towards the middle of the day we headed back to the Ranger's Station campground to find Invariant and B recovered from their ordeal (projectile vomiting and diarrhea). We then set out with these two hooligans leading the pack and attacked some more slightly more technical trails. We really put the bikes through their paces.

Then, after a number of trails we headed to the Centre Block where Kiffer1 and Kiffer2 headed back to Stoon. We all then decided to head back to camps and make a bee-line for home, as Sunday looked too wet to ride.

After packing up and heading out with Invariant and B, I got back to Stoon at 1:30 am in the morning, in the rain. My wife was not expecting me, so I scared her shitless by ringing the door bell and banging on the door.

Thanks for the great weekend of riding. I enjoyed meeting new friends and seeing old faces. It truly was an epic ride, but unfortunately, this ride will always be overshadowed by Snobear's unfortunate fall. I hope Snobear is able to let us all know how he is doing, and maybe he can explain exactly what happened.

Ride Safely and Get Dirty,

Scramble

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Stay Safe and Get Dirty!

Snowbear, all my best wishes for a rapid recovery. Invariant and B, I really hope the ride back home wasn’t too bad? Wow, what an adventure, can’t wait to see the pics and videos. I was following Kiffer SPOT GPS tracker and checking the weather for updates and the rain, the rain and more rain… not the best week-end for a ride but you never know what’s the weather going to be like. Sramble thanks for the update.

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So many roads so little time but... AGATT

2019 F850GSA
2018 Multistrada 950
2016 WR250R

I was back by 9:30 and missed all the rain

Yeah it was a major downer when we learned of his broken leg.

We got away a little late sat. But we got some great riding in forsure.

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Klr 692 with 143'000 km on the clock
2017 v-strom xt 650!

It was great to hook up down there on Saturday for a rip with the guys from Lethbridge and the Mad Hatters - a few good groups from the ADSMC. The trails they took us on were a ton of fun as usual. I'm sorry Chris and I wimped out Friday night - and Saturday night, but we were kind of on a downer after Snobear went down and we just wanted to relax a bit. It was good to meet John0270 as well. Sorry Ken and Brad got sick - I had eggs over-easy at Elkwater on Saturday morning and had no issues, so I'm not sure what happened there.

It'll be a Cypress ride that we'll remember! I'll try to post some video clips - especially of my crash on Thursday.

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Chris

2017 Versys X
1991 Suzuki TS200R

I may have had a little fall myself!

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Stay Safe and Get Dirty!

I'm sorry (I think) that I couldn't meet everyone last weekend. The roofer showed up to redo our roof after wind damage last winter, which meant removing the front step so it could be hauled away at the same time, which meant, well you know. I hope Snobear makes a full and speedy recovery.

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2009 DL650
2008 KLR
2011 KLR
2009 KLR

Any details how the crash happened?

Slipped on a corner or something?

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2016 VESPA SPRINT 150

Wasn't the best trip but I can't complain. Rode some good trails and met some new people which made it worth it. Snobear, hope your leg heals up quickly and you're out riding again soon!

Here is some video from the trip:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWc7oh6Aj_A[/youtube]

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2015 KTM 500 EXC
2008 KTM 990 Adventure S

Great video, I'm not sure about Nisbet but Cypress I could definitely do it on my big GS but I need some good knobbies. 12 more months before the next one!

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So many roads so little time but... AGATT

2019 F850GSA
2018 Multistrada 950
2016 WR250R

Nice vid!

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Klr 692 with 143'000 km on the clock
2017 v-strom xt 650!