Austin King » To the Drunken Man giving pushes on Brasstown Bald…………I Salute You!

Yesterday, I convinced 67 kids to drop out of Elementary school. I told them there was a team called Jelly Belly and the riders got lots of free candy…..

Actually, we had a lot of fun yesterday talking with the kids about cycling and helmet safety. The best part was when I opened the talk to questions. This tiny pre-kindergarten girl in the front row quickly raises her hand.

“Um, yes, and what’s your question”, I said.

She replys, “My mommy has a baby in her tummy.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

On a very different note, I couldn’t help but laugh at the intense smell of beer on the steep part of Brasstown Bald. Hopefully I was dehydrated enough to get a bit of a buzz from it. You know, numb up the legs and stuff….. But, those guys were the best “pushers” of the entire hill. It was at that point I strung together 5 solid pushes to clear that section with minimal effort. Which is a good thing because the grade is about 20%. Eureka! If there was a Most Pushes On Brasstown Bald Leaders Jersey, I feel that I put out a solid effort to obtain it. Being on the hometown team and not allowing myself to say “no”, I had a fun time going up Brasstown with the aid of an estimated 30-40 pushes. Good times.

So, to the drunken man enjoying himself on Brasstown Bald………..I salute you.

Categories: Daily Jibber Jabber.

3 Responses to “To the Drunken Man giving pushes on Brasstown Bald............I Salute You!”

Stewart Petegem wrote a comment on April 28, 2006

First, Thanks for the site. I like it..

Next… a disagreement…
Don’t push. C’mon…lots of reasons, too many to list, but the time limit and ‘fairness’ are two of them…riders need to ‘earn’ (supposedly) the right to ride the next day…helping one finish, however ‘cool’ it may seem, just isn’t that.
Yeah, yeah…I know…they do it in europe (sometimes)…but they shouldn’t…and lots of stiff monetary and time penalties are often applied to riders and teams that get pushed…

Just one more reason why this cool sport has a bad rep with some groups, people, media, etc.

blackjack valentine wrote a comment on April 28, 2006

Austin, here is your philosophical lunch for the day…as I sat at work I pondered life, love, and much, much more….
My Nostradomic comrade and I discussed romantic compatabilities and thus came up with the following hypothesis… Your closest friends are the best judge of partner compatability (usually).
Basically the 411 is that your best friends are the most similar minded people as far as values, morals, ethics etc. is concerned. Thus they view your girl with the same perception MINUS the romantic / sexual inclinations that the couple share, which often can cloud otherwise good judgement. Hence when you find yourself defending your girl (or guy) to your friends constantly it is time for the introspective mirror to come out and reexamine. The haiku of love is a wild ride Austin, wild…….

p.s Dear Austin’s sweet woman- In the aforementioned paragraph’s the term “you” is universal as opposed to being directed at Austin.

Your Uncle Maxwell bought you a present….

noah metzler wrote a comment on April 30, 2006

stewart petegem i laugh in contempt at your utter wrongness! hahahahahahahaahaaaaaaaahhaa!