Descending Haleakala by Bicycle
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Uploaded by davetone on Nov 15, 2008
On Monday, August 24th 2008, I prepared my gear, my bike, a Specialized Roubaix triple and myself for an ascent up the volcano Haleakala on the island of Maui. In the morning of the 25th, at 6 AM I began my ascent. I left from South Kehei road at exactly sea level. went up 311 to Hansen Road and turned right. From there I took 37 to 377 and then 377 to the switchback entrance of 378, Crater Road, where I climbed to the summit. I took my time to enjoy the scenery, 9.5 hours and arrived by 3:30 pm.
I stayed at the top for about an hour and began the descent at 4:30 pm...it was so incredibly beautiful! This clip is the first part of the descent, recorded on a DXG-566V HD flash drive video camera I got for about $200.00 with a 4 gig chip, and mounted to the bars. It was a wild ride down with a 15-20 mph cross wind, but it was really fun.
See the ascent video here too, and stay posted for other clips of the rest of the descent.
I looked at many possible routes from Kehei, and one with smoothest and safest roads. My total milage was only about 110 miles and the descent took exactly 2 hours from peak to the front door at Kehei Bay Surf.
If you have any questions, you can email me at Dave@guitarworkshoponline.com
Safe journeys,
and may the wind always fill your sails,
Dave Lynch
Sacramento, Ca.
My thanks to:
My staff and teachers at Guitar Workshop, because without you, I could never have done this; Steve, Chris, Corin, Doug, Ken, Greg, Joe, Tyson, Nokes, Melissa and Jared. Thanks you, to my friends who supported my and kept in touch with me through updates; Joey,Lynette, Alice, Tim, Zsue & Brian, my mom-for allowing me to live when I was a teenager, and the folks at Mikes Bikes who dialed my rig in perfectly: Andy, Allison, Wayne, Crissy and Brian and the whole crew, and thanks also to Mike and Glenn at Specialized for helping me with the frame!
Cycling is a great form of exercise, which improves your cardiovascular systems heath, improves alertness and stamina. These benefits translate into being a better musician; you have focus, your breathing is easier and you become more relaxed, helping the player to maintain more even tempo and dynamic control. It's helped me become a better, stronger instrument repair tech!
Cheers,
Dave
www.GuitarWorkshopOnline.com
www.MySpace.com/TheDaveLynchGroup
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Not really, my hands were ok temperature wise. I had on Specialized full finger gloves. As for breaking, it was nit so bad - I hardly braked. The wind was at about 15 mph from NE to SW and as I turned into it, there was natural braking - I never want past 30 mph, but when I turned wih the wind, I picked up to about 40, and had to brake a little - I had more problems with my lips being chapped from the sun all day. I left Kehei at 6 AM and didn't get back until 6 PM - awesome ride though!
davetone 2 years ago