Maah Daah Hey In A Day 06/13/2010
Well I think my adventures are temporarily on hold but here is a well crafted movie of the Maah Daah Hay adventure we all need on our biking lists. Maah Daah Hey in a Day from Chad Ziemendorf on Vimeo. Snowflakes & Sprockets Mtn Bike Race 03/03/2010
Well I just got a hold of some good pictures from the downhill mountain bike race I won the past weekend at Huff Hills Ski Area. It was a great event and tons of fun. Sketchy as anything I have ever done but sketchy is fun right? As long as you kept the speed up and didn't turn you were fine... but we know how that goes, just about everyone rag dolled at least once and I nearly tumbled into the spectators on at least two occasions. The sections right before and right after the jumps were especially rutted so if you made it into the air straight you were half way there. Anyway I got lucky and managed to link recoveries to get a clean first run. The second one didn't go as well, unless I was being graded as a gymnast but the first run time held and I took hold the 1st place solid gold painted assortment of welded together bike parts. It must have looked good because Beth (my personal an call ski patroller) asked if I was hurt when I made it to the finish. This is what makes life so fun. Great people and great event. Can't wait to teach the little guy the ropes... just kidding Beth.     North Dakota Mountain Bike Guide 12/14/2009
 www.mtbtrails.goteli.com I know most of you do not find yourselves in the Dakotas looking for mountain biking trails very often, but if you do check you my new trail guide site. I put together a guide of all the trails we have discovered around the area with some very idiot proof web tools I have discovered. Thanks, Google! Thanks, Weebly. Check it out and see what you think. Not to bad for a non-computer engineer. Maah-Daah-Hey Trail 09/20/2009
Well as usual I am always playing catch up, Beth and I spent two weekends during the past month getting a taste of what the near by Maah-Daah-Hey Trail in the Badlands has to offer. The conclusion is MUCH!!! W have certainly found the most technical and beautiful trail in North Dakota. And even by Montana standards the trails length which now entails around 125 miles of continuous single track makes riding it end to end a noble feat. Although I am not sure when we do plan on trying to fit this in so let us know when you are available and join us. It is a can't miss event, great riding, beautiful views, and great camping. Oh and believe it or not there are trees and hills that will make you sweat. Don't believe me, check out our pictures or watch the slide show. Cheers!! Indian Hills Biking 09/08/2009
 To get August going and begin to explore the expanded areas surrounding Bismarck we headed to Indian Hills on the north shore of lake to ride the Nux Baa Ga Trail. We found a wide dirt trail with great views as it skirted the enormous lakes shoreline. Although the trail was not particularly technical it was nice to see a new part of the state.     Palisades State Park Climbing Trip 06/01/2009
Well another week has already disappeared, but we did take a fun and as always adventurous trip to Palisades State Park in South Dakota for a weekend of climbing and mountain biking. We spent Saturday completing a ride of a trail that we attempted last fall only to wake up at 3am with our tent being flattened against us by 50mph wind and snow. This time the weather was great and the trail was not bad. Next in our ND naivety we left a completely empty and perfectly suitable campground behind and drove several hours south to the state park where we planned to climb. Forgetting completely that outside of ND people like to camp outdoors Memorial Day weekend. So after driving past several hundred campers in half a dozen camp grounds we found a small patch of unclaimed grass in an unknown South Dakota town where the sites were not really numbered or marked and we felt we could legally squat for the evening. The next morning we left the partying high school kids behind and returned to the park where we found a freshly open camping space and lots of intriguing and fun cliffs to climb. Here are a few pictures.  Cliff Lined Creek Leading To Farm Land  Roo & Max Enjoying a Little Fishing & Hunting Real Climbers Trails (Straight Up) Tourist Trails (Plush) My Favorite: Farming Is Never Far Away In The Dakotas Ballancing Rock  Many Climbs Started Abive The Water   King & QueenFirst Ride... Spring Finally Arrived 05/06/2009
 It seems to have warmed up and we managed to fit a couple hour ride into Beth's studying. Since the trails along the river are still under water we headed fifteen minutes out of town to Turtle River State Park, the home of the only (although short) sections of single track trail in eastern North Dakota. The weather was great and the trails mostly dry. It was so nice the dogs swam about a dozen times and the ticks were even begining to come out to play. So a afternoon ride expanded into a combined ride...hair cut...dog bathing party. As You can probably tell the hair cuts still need a little work, but it was getting late. There will be a round two with the clippers for sure. We even got a picture of one of the first couple dozen little guys of the year for you. Cute aren't they.  One of our new friends There is always time for a swim What?... Now We Look Like LabsBiking Season 05/02/2009
Well with may little trip to Salt Lake the other weekend I think the ND ski season may be ending. Now if the water would just fall we could get the bikes back out. I just ran accros this clip of Kris Holm on the unicycle. Its an old clip but ramains incredable. |  Mike & Beth RauYou either know us or don't... nothing to write here. Skiiers stuck in the flattest place on earth. Keep posted for random hylights. Blogroll
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