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the TORC chronicles - 2007/12/13 16:19
Ok gang....since there is not much posting going on lately, I'll treat you or torture you, your choice, with some old ride reports I found. TORC can stand for two things...either TUSCARORA OFFROAD RIDING CLUB or TOTALY OBNOXIOUS RIDICULING CLOWNS....again your choice...but the latter is probably the better one. This is probably why we only have 5 official ( term used loosely ) members. Anyway, if you don't like this post, let me know, but just remember I'm one of the clowns mentioned above, so I probably won't care.
6/4/05
Ride ( hike ) report: Stouffer, Clay & Egolf left Egolf's house around 6:30....riding to Bridgeport, out RT74 and up onto the Welsh hill in attempt to hook up with the old McClure's Gap road. After some exploration following a promising logging road, full of young locust trees thirsty for blood up the side of the mountain, the trio were chagrined to find a dead end. Rather than retreat, the trio proceeded to stumble, thrash, and fight their way through laurel, rocks, ferns, and what not to the top of the mountain. While no direct words were said, ride leader Egolf, seeing the look in his fellow hike-a-bikers' eyes was feeling the pressure to produce either the Tuscarora Trail or old McClure's Gap road. While not fearing death, he did have to consider bodily harm or mutilation at the hands of his compatriots. Finding the trail some time and distance later, with the sun setting quickly in the west,and to Egolf's relief, the trio started down the mountain. Seeming to have forgotten how to ride during the hike-a-bike, Clay promptly went over the handlebars on the steep descent off of the gap. Upon recovering, the bloodied group descended the rest of the mountain. Near the bottom, Stouffer, in order to make sure he was bloodier than the rest of the group, took a large stick across his shin which brought tears to his eyes but made him think twice about doing such stunts in the future. The ride ended without further incident. At least a few adult beverages were consumed on Egolf's patio post ride.
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