Boas people.

Here there are a few photos of a last morning in the Mountain range of the Help (Towers Vedras). Besides the great scenery in the top, the mountain range of the help has 2 traces of spectacular DH, with 300m of unevenness and 2 km of extension, each one.

There are very accessible traces to the one who has not 200mm of suspension course in the bicycle, and are a guaranteed fountain of adrenalin and of amusement!

Soon in the beginning of the rise for the top, we find something that left us bewildered! Would it be a giant turkey that avoided the last Christmas supper? Would a tiled sparrow be a mutante? I do not do the least idea, it is the certain one that finds them to me a GIANT passarolho, with nearly 1 meter of height, and approximately 3 meters of wingspan of wings (enormous!). After a few inquiries, I think that it is the question of a dark-Vulture (Aegypius monachus). One of the biggest birds of the world, which can reach 15 kg of weight (for a "chicken" it is immense) and that is about to extinction, being rare to catch sight of a bird of this in Portugal!! Seria um pardal telhado mutante? Não faço a mínima ideia, o certo é que encontra-mos um passarolho GIGANTE, com cerca de 1 metro de altura, e uns 3 metros de envergadura de asas (enorme!). Após umas pesquisas, penso que se trata de um Abutre-fusco (Aegypius monachus). Uma das maiores aves do mundo, que pode atingir 15kg de peso (para um “frango” é imenso) e que se encontra em vias de extinção, sendo raro avistar uma ave destas em Portugal!!

Before still of beginning to rise, we heat the machines in a few craft jumps built by Rui of the Furadouro.

After some liters of sweat spilled during the rise (at last in the All-Mountain there is no cable car not even carrinhas), let's control ourselves then when there go down the trace … A quite rocky and inclined beginning, which dictates soon to the departure who dominates well the jenny-ass or not!

After the first difficulty, worse other one comes! An inclined descent done on top of blocks of dark and basaltic rock, proof of which in times there was volcanic activity in this zone.

The achievement of the day was a work of the Rabbet … After having knocked down and putting a foot in the rays (do not ask about me how), imprisoned was there during 2 minutes, until someone was going to help to loosen the shoe! eheh you do not do other one! Here it is BEFORE. Aqui fica o ANTES….

And it THEN.

In I still dared end in a jump, which without being big, also was not small! This saltinho still gave me some pleasure to do it. A sort kicker for drop with reception and a hole in the environment eheh. Uma espécie kicker para drop com recepção e um buraco no meio eheh.

As soon as he was a kicker, not to land, it is necessary to bring the body near behind during the ramp, in way to "swallow" the impulse that the kicker gives in the rear wheel. Opposite case there is the risk of falling for OTB (overnight market the bar).

The remaining photos can be seen below:

An embrace!