learned to ride the mud
November 22nd 2007 After the rain let up we rode to the Burma border. 120km of mountain dirt after a heavy rain. This trip takes the locals 8 hours. We did it in about 4 including breaks.
I was having some trouble with the slick red mud. The front tire was sliding out and I'd take a tumble in the mud at about 30kph. I began to tense up and break when I saw the wet streaks. This was the wrong thing to do.
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