Bashang weekend pictures

1. After a small hiatus, we have some more!! The weekend of the 9-10 of August (starting on Friday in fact), did a small adventure thingy to the 'inner Mongolian' grasslands aka Bashang. But this was much better, bicoze à vélo! Une petite promenade de santé sur 95K, et un dénivelé qui a bien du avoisiner les 1000 metres ou plus (en tout, en montée!). Crevette, with lice lobster colored legs :D
2. SO, departure at 6PM sharp (about as sharp as the knife that cut that poor sheep) on Friday from the Peasants Exhibition Hall here in Beijing. No implements of agriculture of great interest on display, so we choose to load up our bikes instead. 20+ of us, the fun bus (sort of like a diesel cattle coach with hard seats that ruin your knees and give your saddle sores a good workout, but I thought this time round it was bouncing about a bit less?). Get to the hotel at 3AM. Ouch. This is what we look like when 'awake' in the morning.
3. So off we go, rien de bien grave pour le moment, juste des belles vues. Mais bon, on passe les détails, voici déja la 1ere montée, enfin, le résultat, difficile de filmer en grimpant! Dave, King of the Mountain. The God of Lightning was looking the other way :D
4. The group of girls that defied the hills, who said MTB was a macho sport?
5. Down to our lunch spot. Digestion proved difficult, even the bikes were sleeping..
6. Heureusement ya la place pour les pauses-pipi. Les petites balades, euh, je veux dire les longues balades, ya vraiment de la place quoi, puis c'est quand meme bo!
7. Now, off hand, you would trust this donkey, no? Not in this world you don't! Get out the jiujitsu moves, and tame that mare, admire the skill and bravery! Nasty donkey's now quite placid.
8. No pics of the camp, just movies, will have to do the editing. much to do.. So we move on to day 2. Short and sharp. Well, certainly sharp, then some more for gluttons of punishment, ouais, bon, MOB=Masochists Of Beijing, probably :P
9. So here we are (still) on the top. Some are still getting there, a bit steep, what? Some are already doing botanical research, and have found the famed JiuCai of Mongolia. This grass you eat, it's like wild onion. The other one was found as well :-Q.
10. But with views like this, you really don't want to leave. snif. do zobaczenia, na razie, tot stroks, bis bald, zaijian. c'est quand qu'on revient? Oh, the way down was quite hairy :D We were up at around 2000 metres?

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