Invited by Heidi Vu to join her and a few friends, Rosalie, Lester and Jerold. It took me longer than expected to pick up my bike from Cycle World, so I did not start with them. They went up Piuma and down Rambla Pacifico to the gate, and then were coming back via Stunt. I was unloading my bike from the Mustang and saw Johnny riding by, so he went up Stunt with me, and then we went up the back side of Piuma at a friendly pace. He descended to return home, and I descended the other way down Rambla Pacifico, and intercepted the others about a mile from the bottom. I went on down and did not catch them until almost the top of Schueren. When we reached the top, Jerol showed up, having just climbed Stunt. He was later than I was, having come from his work. Very nice dinner party at Heidi's afterwards; a lot of fun all the way around. Rambla Pacifico is a bit of hard work! (From the gate to Las Flores is an avg. of 9.0% for 2.4 mi., 1125' of gain.) Evidently, the pedestrian gate at the bottom is not locked (so it's only cars that are restricted), and so it is possible to go all the way down to PCH, but it is evidently crazy steep at some point along there. Something to try next time I'm on PCH! ;-)