{"id":71,"date":"2004-12-19T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2004-12-19T03:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=71"},"modified":"2005-03-21T20:23:26","modified_gmt":"2005-03-21T10:23:26","slug":"mount-cootha-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2004\/12\/mount-cootha-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Cootha Climb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had heard much about cycling up Mount Cootha and today was that day for actually completing the big ride. We opted to meet at 7:30am for departure from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com.au\/url?sa=U&#038;start=1&#038;q=http:\/\/www.regattahotel.com.au\/&#038;e=7249\">The Regatta<\/a> in order to avoid the heat that was guaranteed if we left any later. I haven&#8217;t done any cycling on a mountain before whatsoever, either uphill or downhill, so I knew it was definitely going to be challenge.<\/p>\n<p>I was taken up the front way of Mount Cootha since I was told it was the easier way for climbing and I really had no idea what I was in for. I do not have any record of how long it took us to get up to the top, but let\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds just say it was definitely the most difficult ride that I have completed. I was in my lowest gear for most of the climb, and was riding out of my seat a fair bit to get more leverage. I was somewhat comforted by watching a number of other cyclists cycling just as slowly as me, with one of them even turning around, no doubt, too exhausted from the climb.<\/p>\n<p>We finally reached the top of the mountain where we took a much needed rest, as I was completely out of breath. Going down the mountain was definitely worth the climb, as we flew down in a few minutes and reached a maximum speed over 65km\/hour. At the bottom of the mountain, I was presented the choice of either going up the mountain again (this time the back way) and a single river loop, or to continue the descend and do a double river loop around Brisbane. I probably made the wrong choice (or more naive) and foolishly decided to go for the first option. <\/p>\n<p>A fantastic weekend ride that went for just over two and a half hours and totalled almost 60k! Somehow I don\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdt think I\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdll be going for a big ride tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had heard much about cycling up Mount Cootha and today was that day for actually completing the big ride. We opted to meet at 7:30am for departure from The Regatta in order to avoid the heat that was guaranteed if we left any later. 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