St Helena Trail Intersection to The Helipad   (4.67km)

Notes:

The section between the St Helena Track turn off and the Helipad is pretty straight forward fire trail. Largely uphill with a few short but steep downhill rides, this section will test your fitness! (but the rewards will come in the next section).

The video of this section starts with me expressing complete dissatisfaction at the extended climb ahead of me.  It doesn’t look that steep on the video and who can remember if it was, however I’d got this far non stop and I was HURTING! But with every climb comes a descent and a bigger more taxing climb but that’s nothing!  Sadly I’m not joking!

Use my breathing on the video as an intensity meter.

7:50 - Who the hell has the energy to ride down that technical - I couldn’t even look at it?
9:00 - I’m praying .. apparently
10:00 - I’m having an out-of-body experience
10:34 - I no longer enjoy mountain biking
11:56 - WTF THAT GUY JUST RODE UP 1000M OF VERT !!
12:30 - Oh wow .. this is almost flat
13:00 - Still climbing
15:00 - STILL climbing
15:41 - Some relief with a long descent
16:00 - Toilet break (note: if you go into this corner too fast that will be the last corner you ever attempt - BIG CLIFF)
16:20 - Safety ramp?
16:30 - LET HER RIP
17:00 - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
21:40 - Highland Fling riders out training (yes it was the same guy who rode past the other way a few mins earlier - I think he’s trapped in the Matrix)
24:00 - Still climbing
27:00 - Climbing again
28:35 - The Helipad - Never too tired to say “Hi!”

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