The Garbanzo DH race, a race that starts at the top of the Garbanzo chair and finishes at the village was on Tuesday. I took the lower chair lift up, then hiked up Duffman where I shot the race. When I got to my first spot and set up my flashes, the race didn't start for half an hour and I got bitten by mosquitos all over. Fortunately, my shots came out good, so the bites were worth it. Later, up by Renegade, I was setting up a shot, and saw Sven Martin and Rachel Atherton come through (last two shots). I then realized the race was over. Sven hiked up a few times to get a better shot before they went down. I didn't have a bike with me... so the long downhill walk to the village was pretty rough.

Claire Buchair took first in the Women's class, followed by Manon Carpenter (photo 2), Miranda Miller, Casey Brown and Katherine Short (photo 1). In the Men's class, Sam Blenkinsop won, with Marcel Gutierrez Villegas in second, Jack Reading in third, Chris Kovarik in fourth and Eli Krahenbuhl in fifth. Full results: http://www.crankworx.com/images/results/GarbanzoDh_Results_All.pdf