Black ice between Mojave and Bishop

by **davidpet** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:44 pm

Exhausting trip. Winds were pretty heavy but I got to 1 mile from bishop and got surprised by a huge dust cloud. Hopefully the damage is only in the wax layer and will go away on the next waxing. I don't think I see the undercoat but there are streaks.

Got to bishop at noon and stalled until 3 by going to the casino, the museum, and the jerky place. No chains required but the road in mammoth itself is almost pure ice. I had to stop because of dumb pedestrians and then had to start again on an uphill with the wheels spinning all over the place. The pedestrians are lucky I was even able to stop. No survival instincts.