A quick tail from the tree tunnel (San Diego)

[FatPossum]

Hello all,

I am new to the site. I tend to share this story with anyone I meet who likes MTB. Since you all do, I think you will like this one, or at least get a snicker out of it.

I'm sure a lot of you SD riders have been to the tree tunnel that starts just south of the 56 freeway at the camino del sur exit (north of LPC). This is where we begin (and shortly end):

Two friends and I began the ride and entered the tunnel. Throughout the tunnel you will have to ride in and out of a small and polluted stream. One of my friends was riding on his new crank brothers platform pedals. He had explained to me that he had difficulty unclipping from the right pedal especially just moments before. As this noble man came through the stream he slowed and lost momentum and teetered over to the right and fell directly on his rear end. Since this has happened to us all, I chuckled and asked him if he was alright, expecting him to give me an expletive, pick himself up and move on. Instead he said, "No, I fell on a cactus!" (Insert expletives of your choice anywhere). . Apparently a small cactus was begining it's life at that same point where the impact occurred, and my friend inadvertently made it his ass-hat.
This is where the story gets a little gay. My friend had tons and tons of stickers in his butt. So he wondered over behind some trees and pulled down his pants and began plucking like mad for relief without much success. Imagine trying to pluck stickers out of your own butt... there is only so much you can do without assistance. Since my other companion (no pun intended) and I felt so horrible we decided to help him. So right off of the edge of the trail- if you were there you would have seen one man with his pants down and two others looking at closely his ass and pinching at it. Luckily for us, no other riders passed us by during those moments of duress.
My friend ended up walking back to the car since he couldn't sit down in the saddle. He somehow though drove himself home to his wife to she could help him with the prickily (and hairy) mess. Then on to urgent care he went to have a doctor examine and further pluck.
All in all he had a great sense of humor about it. He hasn't gone back to the tree tunnel since though.
Thanks for reading - I hope you enjoyed.

FP

[bajamtnbkr]

That was very funny, thanks for sharing it. I'm not familiar with that trail so you are going to have to show it to us and I hope the cactus is gone for good.

[brett]

I can relate, I fell into a cactus once at noble. It was a fairly rocky downhill that wasn't very wide and there apparently was some sort of equestrian race going on that day, which I didn't know at the time.

So I'm chain slapping down this section and I didn't notice this horse until it was right beside me...like a foot away. It scared the daylights out of me and I jumped off to the side and landed in a cactus. Thankfully it was passing on the cliff side because the alternative to the cactus would have been much worse. Anyhow, the needles were big and I did my own plucking

I thought I might add - I can't imagine asking my buddy to help pluck but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.

[el_d00der1n0]

Originally Posted by bajamtnbkr

That was very funny, thanks for sharing it. I'm not familiar with that trail so you are going to have to show it to us and I hope the cactus is gone for good.

Isn't that tunnels? We just never do the creek crossing parts.

[OldDogDan]

Originally Posted by brett

So I'm chain slapping down this section and I didn't notice this horse until it was right beside me...like a foot away. It scared the daylights out of me and I jumped off to the side and landed in a cactus. .

Hey, that's a change! That would startle me too. Maybe they should start using bells...

I had to pick cactus out of a friend's rear once -- funny, the pickers always find it much funnier than the pickees!

[bajamtnbkr]

Originally Posted by el_d00der1n0

Isn't that tunnels? We just never do the creek crossing parts.

Maybe I'm just got confused with 56 and Camino del Sur plus right now I'm kind of high with Tylenol/Vicodin syrup recovering from Tonsil surgery.

[el_d00der1n0]

Originally Posted by bajamtnbkr

Maybe I'm just got confused with 56 and Camino del Sur plus right now I'm kind of high with Tylenol/Vicodin syrup recovering from Tonsil surgery.

you and the sniffer with that hantavirus. gotta stay away from the rat feces!

[SAR_boats]

Good thing it wasn't a snake bite on his rear. Then one of you would have to suck the poison out.

[dstepper]

From my time riding in Arizona I have learned to bring along a fine tooth comb. Easy fast way to get multiple needles out.

Dean

[bighit8]

Welcome ass pincher!

[El Rolo]

I was hit in the left cheek by the tail fin of my 9'6" longboard. We went over the falls and I got a a 3" gash.


But, no pun intended, I got my ass shaved by a super sexy nurse.

[Pain Freak]

Flock man, you guys are true friends!!!

I think I'd of said "What stickers, I don't see no stickers and dammit pull up your pants!

I hope he's feeling better.

[92se-r]

It takes a true friend to pluck pricks out of your friend's ass. I commend you.

[bighit8]

At least they were not being the pricks that push them in further!