{"id":447,"date":"2008-10-01T18:04:23","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/death-on-the-flume-trail-well-almost\/"},"modified":"2008-10-01T18:04:23","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T16:04:23","slug":"death-on-the-flume-trail-well-almost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/index.php\/death-on-the-flume-trail-well-almost\/","title":{"rendered":"Death on the Flume Trail. Well, almost&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/flume.jpg\" alt=\"flume.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Flume Trail- Lake Tahoe<\/p>\n<p>I pre rode this weekends&#8217; XTERRA USA Champs course here at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe.\u00a0 I&#8217;m in full taper and the legs are great- I churned the big chainring as I effortlessly glided along the most scenic trail I have ever ridden. The Flume Trail.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It was the most perfect day I&#8217;ve ever seen in Tahoe. The lake was calm, fall in the air and Aspens turning. And of course, great legs always helps.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in this picture, (taken last week when my legs weren&#8217;t on fire yet)\u00a0 the drop off to the side is pretty much vertical and is thousands of feet high. The Flume trail also has a number of blind corners.<\/p>\n<p>Blazing around one blind corner<strong> there is a big guy on a big bike<\/strong> RIGHT THERE COMING THE <strong>OPPOSITE WAY REALLY FAST.\u00a0 <\/strong>Of course this all happened in a split second. All I can remember was going high in the air, (grabbed all my brakes with all my might) me and the guy connecting hard, and hugging the cliff side. Also I was aware of the big blue emptiness of\u00a0 Lake Tahoe below me. I was scared. But it was too late.<\/p>\n<p>When the dust settled and we untangled ourselves and our bikes,<!--more--> my wheel was turned sideways, air burped from the tire and my brake was at a funny angle. I bled from my elbow into my glove and my shin into my shoe, my knee got a knock and my Suunto watch strap was torn off. Guess I must have hugged that cliff pretty lovingly. We looked at each other then looked over the edge not 4 feet away, shook our heads and rode off&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flume Trail- Lake Tahoe I pre rode this weekends&#8217; XTERRA USA Champs course here at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe.\u00a0 I&#8217;m in full taper and the legs are great- I churned the big chainring as I effortlessly glided along the most scenic trail I have ever ridden. 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