Marc's Public Blog - Exercising - August 2020

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2020/08/25 Sunset Biking to Black Mountain During Great Redwood Fires on a Clear Day

π 2020-08-25 01:01 in Exercising

After the terrible amount of smoke we had 2 days prior, I went back in the evening when the wind had shifted and the smoke was going in other directions. What a difference. It went from a PM2.5 of over a 1000 (do not breathe) to just 10:

I had to hurry to get enough light before losing it

smoke was visible but on the east side of the bay

black mountain peak was clear

clear at the top

A few animals were out:

The ocean side of the view was nice too:

smoke means nice views

It was then time to bike back since I didn't have a bike light:

Soo much nicer than 2 days prior...

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2020/08/23 Biking to Black Mountain During Great Redwood Fires

π 2020-08-23 01:01 in Exercising

I was curious to see layer of smoke and maybe more by going higher (about 3000ft), so I drove up montebello road and then biked the rest to Black Mountain. The 10mn worth of biking was quite hard, I couldn't breathe well with my N99 mask and I really needed it given how terrible the air was (more than 5 times worse than lower down at home).

the bike barely fit

not the best view

top of montebello

oops, good thing I had my N99 mask

I unpacked my bike and did the short ride to the first radio tower and then black mountain. I was very out of breath breathing with that max (and even the filtered air not being prefect probably):

couldn't really see the bay

and that's why

biking back to my car

And then I went down, and the air was definitely better:

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