Branching Out

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“From this parking lot, we are about an hour and a half away from the nearest shock trauma hospital,” Harlan said. “An evacuation from the trails we are riding today—about half a day away.”

These sober words weren’t meant to scare riders Jali Fernando, Maddie West, and Trae Shelton, but rather to set expectations and provide a reality check to these newcomers to remote, unsupported, adventure mountain biking.

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