Dan's
AIDS/Lifecycle 5 Pictures
Day One (Sunday, 6/4/2006) - San
Francisco to Santa Cruz
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Ride Profile for the day. 83 miles with 4052' elevation climbed. -
Gear trucks which would carry our gear fro the whole week. I had the "G" truck
because my tent assignment was G-67. -
Alice and me at the Cow
Palace in time for the 6:30 ride out. -
Me and Bob Jensen, a fellow co-worker out of the San Jose office. Bob, like
me, is a long time AIDS rider. -
Opening ceremonies about to start. -
My trusty Sony digital camera which would take over 400 pictures on the ride.
The "perfect" riding camera. People are still amazed at how small it is. -
A moment... -
Chris Cole explaining his own personal admission which was quite touching. All
the riders wore red helmet covers on the ride out to the first rest stop. At
the end of the ride, the helmet covers would be stitched together to form a 25
which represents 25 years since the announcement of the terrible disease. On
the helmet covers, they had the inscription, "Not another 25 years!" -
Lori Jean. Hellllooo Riders! -
Getting ready to rider out -
And more... -
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Me, realizing that I needed to pee... -
Alice held my bike while I took care of business... -
...which I did. -
More of the walk out. This year we had over 1800 riders and raised 8 million
dollars! -
Channel Five Chopper covering the ride out. -
Right out of the gate, we had a small climb. The day was cloudy and a little
chilly. Perfect for riding! -
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The Water stop at Crystal Springs Reservoir. Absolutely beautiful! -
The top of the Highway 92 climb where Taiko drummers would be playing and
cheering us on. Awesome! One of the drummers was pregnant with her son three
years ago and drumming for us then. This year, he was drumming us up! -
The descent on 92 down to Half Moon Bay. An "E" ticket if I ever saw one. -
Riders headed down. -
Rest Stop Two on the coast. -
Lunch at San Gregario Beach at mile 41. -
Riders eating. -
The Sword Dancer who has been at the top of the climb right after lunch. -
Beautiful! -
Mom and Dad. They're here every year. They have both ridden the AIDS ride and
when they're not riding, they're out on the entire course cheering us on.
Their son, Rich rides almost every year also! Awesome people and very, very
inspiring. Thanks for coming out Mom & Pop! -
This part of the ride is very fast because of the tailwinds. Outstanding! And
so gorgeous. -
One of the many small rollers on this day's ride. -
A shot of my speed. -
The Pigeon Point lighthouse. -
Another shot of the beautiful coast. -
Check out the Para-surfers! -
How gorgeous is this! -
Rest Stop Three. -
Team Pie came out and gave us pie and ice cream. I had cherry pie and vanilla
ice cream! Yum! -
A fellow rider enjoying his pie. -
Supporters cheering us on as we enter Santa Cruz. -
Camp at the Harvey West Campground in Santa Cruz. After all these years, there
is one thing I don't like about the ride. CAMPING!
