2nd Annual Trash For Cash Contest

The stuff in your hair doesn't count Tink!

 

Still sweeping

Friday the 13th, not much luck in Sycamore

It's War on Trash

Slow on the climb means you see through the camouflage



Someone got wounded



An encoded message (with a candy wrapper)?



The sunlight hit the bottle just right (hard to see in pic). It had some bio agent inside so I was careful not to open it (tx Bvader).



Directions for the invading army.



You'll need water if you keep dropping those bottles.



War booty

 

Bottle wars

Sycamore the 14th.

They left it in plain sight just for me.



Another dry crossing.




A sign for the newbie tourists.



Who would knock it over and not fix it?

 

Mt. Pinos

Seeking cooler altitudes (8/16) ...

What else but another (unopened) bottle? I say accidental on a fast downhill. No Gu wrappers anywhere.



Looking up (always STIL)




The parking lot near the ski hut was clean. I think the star gazers policed the area.

Summit -

 

Thanks for joining in we could use your powers of persuasion!

 

do i have to post a pic??? it's still in my pocket!!! better take it out before i wash the shorts! haha!

 

NO... No pic necessary...just Tink enthusiasm!

 

Sycamore

Wednesday the 18th.

View of cool and shady Wood Canyon, Hell Hill (18-20% grade) in the background.



At the base of the descent there were 3 bottles within 10 yards.







Fragment of a wrapper.



Sage Trail is clean. Really it is RTIL.

 

$25 (Or Beer?) Could be yours this weekend...One Weekend Only!

What : Folks I am putting a $25 bonus bounty on the best trash haul for this weekend. What is best...well...that could be most, best location, biggest item, strangest item...or just plain random....that is up to me.

Come on folks just think of it...One Mylar balloon could nab you some cool goodies....

I will announce the winner and award the $25 gift card to Amazon or iTunes or The Path on Tuesday....(or case of Beer???)

When: starts at 5:00 PM today Friday and goes through 9AM Monday Morning for collecting you can post your collection until midnight. Trust based no picture is required but I'd preferred.

Where: Please post in the normal Trash for Cash contest.

This is addition to the normal Trash for Cash ongoing contest.

 

but .. but what if there's no internet in the "best location"?

 

Convince me!

 

been off the bike for a bit.. BUT..this week I was back on and found the following (no photos)

rubber band, candy wrapper, gu packet (empty), plastic bottle cap.

Overall things looking pretty good on the trails. If I did this on road rides, I'd never be home...so much trash on the roads

 

Just to clarify you can post your haul until midnight on Monday

Bump for the morning folks...funny someone suggested that I also offer a case of good beer as a prize and that might up the participation....I might...

 

Minor trash pickup while climbing Blackstar. Not much as the trail is fairly clean. I did receive my reward however. Went to pick up what I thought was an old bubble gum wrapper and it turned out to be an old faded plastic bag with a new spare chain link in it.

When I got to main divide I decided that you will need to drive up a truck to pick up all the trash there.

 

But it's too hot to ride

 

woohoo! 1 more powergel wrapper (right near a can) off the trail & INTO said can!

 

Actually I found that out myself today a bit of the hard way...maybe not the best timing....

 

Speaking of cleaning up the roads...

I picked this up on Crown Valley on the 21st.

If you look closely, the biker who threw this got screwed.


I initially tried to transport the tire/tube as seen in the picture, but the tube got caught between my brake pad and rim (not sketchy). So I tore the tube off the nail and stuffed it in my jersey and threw the tire over my seatpost. I managed like this for about 3/4 of a mile until I got to the 7/11 parking lot. There I found a dumpster where I almost passed out.

This is not the view that I had while picking up trash:

 

Hum, I will be keeping my eye out on tomorrows ride. Do you get bonus points for used ................... um never mind.

 

Binh & Jen & I made the schlep to Mt. Pinos in Frazier Park today.
I haven't been there in awhile and I could not believe the number of shuttlers that were there. We humiliated them by climbing really fast and refusing to move over as they tried to bomb past. Then when we got to the top, we turned around and humiliated them again by getting to the bottom 40 seconds after they did. :lol:

Then I had the gall to mooch a ride for Binh and I to the top. Thanks Kishme and Lone Ranger! :wave: Of course I'm kidding on the first part. Not the shuttle mooch though.

Good work Ladera Dave getting in a grunt to the campground after a couple runs! :clap:

Lots of crap left behind by mindless hikers and their stupid plastic bottles. One was left stuck on a branch on the trail with the cap dangling from another branch. Morons.
One bottle has some Clif crap blocks in a torn wrapper that I stuffed in the bottle.

I left the tampon I saw in the bushes where I pee'd behind. Sorry. Maybe that was the gutsy pick up that woulda got me the $$. Can't imagine anyone else would have taken it either.
Mt. Pinos is behind us! Beautiful ride and tons of fun! saw lots of STR peeps today! :wave: