Mt Patriarch

Day two of the boys' mountain biking trip to Marlborough. An easier day today (sort of). Yesterday was the Nydia Track. Six and a half hours to travel about 34 km. Hard going, but fantastic. Today was much shorter, but involved a relentless uphill for 1,200 vertical metres. Then turn around and barrel down.

Lake Chalice in the background. To put things in perspective, we started riding below the level of the lake.

Still smiling. What an awesome trip so far, and we're only two days in. Four more days to go!