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 Carbo Loading at Ragazzis in Hickory  Don, Larry, Richard, Rick strike a pose  The view from the back of the pack at sun-up  Center, George Meyer, a multiple Past Winner  900 Riders raring to go  The're Off  "Could I interest you in a banana, mister?" One of many dedicated aid-station workers  Richard pumps up NC-181  Larry and Rick get a good view of their final destination  Larry disappears across the Linn Cove Viaduct Larry: "Gosh this is 'beutful'"  And now for a little speed  Only 2 miles left!  So Close, Yet So Far  Pumping up to the finish  Waiting  Mile High Swinging Bridge  Post ride Pose Conservationist and naturalist John Muir provided this recollition of his 1892 trip to, and climb up, Grandfather Mountain: I couldn't hold it in, and began to jump about and sing and glory in it all. Then I happened to look around and catch sight of Sargent, standing there as cool as a rock, with a half-amused look on his face at me, but never saying a word.
"Why don't you let yourself out at a sight like that?" I ask. Of the trip through the region Muir said: "The drive from Roan Mountain to Lenoir, 75 miles, is I think the finest in America of its kind."
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