We rode Cypress this weekend, the proverbial 3rd Rock of the North Shore (Fromme and Seymour are the other two). The plan was to climb to the second viewpoint and do Sex Boy and Wild Cherry.

Those who climb the 2,000 ft to the trailhead are rewarded with a southward looking panorama of Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, Point Roberts, the San Juan Islands and beyond:

The ride could have begun better for me ... SPLAT!

"If at first you don't succeed ..."

"WEAR MORE ARMOUR!!"

Finally finishing off the rock, which I botched badly and fell hard on during a downpour a couple of weeks ago:

Kudos to the guys on the ride doing the old-school XC hardtail thing

they put up a great effort

JimW blasts by

Mode ride pics by rider below, al-la "North Shore Pokemon". Collect the set!


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