Can 8 y/o Mimi conquer Riley's Ridge?
Автор: gbonthepipe
Загружено: 2025-11-16
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When Mimi's dad Mike was of similar age back in the late 80's, I taught him how to ride the big hills in the Macalister Valley/Mt Margaret/Black Range/Licola area.
The 2 photo's at the end of the video are of Mike on 2 summer trail-rides in 1989 & 1990, on a huge hill rising from the vicinity of Burgoynes Hut located on the Macalister River flats.
There were a few tears on the initial attempts but you have to be cruel to be kind, and once he got it figured, young 'Mike the Bike' never looked back - he was the new hillclimb king!
There were actually times in later life that us old boys needed Hillclimb King Mike to ride our bikes up those 'impossible' hills!
Here we are 35 or so years later, with Mum watching on and big brother Mason, Mike and me giving those cruel lessons to our sweet little 8 y/o Mimi on one of our property's steeper hills named 'Riley's Ridge', which is actually steeper than 'Burgoynes Hut hill'.
A similar start as her 9 y/o dad, with a few tears, but it wasn't long before it was all smiles and the tears were well and truelly gone.
So huge credit to our gutsy Mimi for having the will, bravery and determination not to give up, even though a hill this steep can be very sketchy and scary for a little 8 y/o.
PS... videos can be deceiving; this hill is steeper than it looks!
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