“After nourishment, shelter, and Companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world”
— Philip Pullman
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Wilmington Whiteface and my First Season Mountain Biking.
Wilmington was a perfect mountain bike race for my novice level of experience, with more than 2700m total elevation gain mostly on gravel or paved roads, and a few short sections of not too technical single track.