Mountain Biking
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Welcome to the Tsali Trail , North Carrolina. Located in a Temperate Rain Forest with hour long climbs, 15 minute descents, spectacular switchbacks and heart pumping views off the side of the mountain, it has some of the best mountain biking found in the US. And you won't need to acclimate to high altitude to enjoy this trip!!! |
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Imagine yourself deep into this mountain rainforest.... Two hours of steady penetration into an unspoiled wilderness, the only sign of human existance the clay surfaced trail you are riding on. The sun shines with an intensity unknown to the exhaust bound city goer, yet at times you find yourself in near darkness, the density of the forrest canopy overwhelming the light from a sky which now seems immensely distant--- you feel almost as if you are within a subterrainian world, but one which is occasionally punctured by spears of light from a place no longer within reach. |
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As you continue into the depths of this forrest, you begin to wonder---do you miss the sound of cars and trucks, or the fumes of civilization? How do you feel about being so very far from the waking nightmare of urban mutation and suburban pretense? You remember the feeling of being stripped from nature, left with only the desparate memories of what wilderness could really feel like. You tilt your head back, you bask in the muted shadows of the rich canopy above, and you smile the biggest smile you've had on your face since your last vacation into wilderness. You're here. This is the place. If only you could stay. But today is about more adventure, so you begin searching out more hidden sights, more hard to find vantage points, more places that the deer or the bear that inhabit this wonderland would use themselves to maintain their continued serenity. |