RUST magazine: RUST#30

ktm extreme event
and here’s the thing, at the outset I thought the best line would be the
one where you hit the sidewalls of the tyres, avoiding the holes. That’s
not the case, as Taddy explained. Sure that can help as you enter the tyre
pit, but to do that the whole way is impossible, you have to accept that
you will be riding over the chasms, but by keeping that throttle on and
by keeping your weight back and head up you do float over. on the next
two runs I managed exactly that. If I was younger, and braver I might
have continued until I had the technique completely mastered. Instead,
with age and a lack of fitness to bear in mind, and only so much courage
to call upon (I’m a natural born chicken) I took my two successes as a
win and retired ‘on top’. I try not to tickle fate.