Great full figure-8 at Raging, with bonus new trail buddies along the way. I made it from the car to the lookout in 1:15, which is a new record for me. I think I could have shaved a few more minutes off of that without too much trouble, but it felt bloody hot. My fault for starting late: I picked raspberries in the morning! Chatted with some folks at the lookout, and one of them said he had come to try No Service for the first time. So we rode it together. Or rather, he blasted off ahead, and I followed along behind as best I could (including having to stop at a road crossing and get more air in my rear tire: I think it really is time to swap in the new tires). He was a much bolder descender than me, especially on a new-to-him trail. At the top of Return Policy, he had to go home, but I went back to the lookout for another snack, and met another rider who was curious about CCDH, so I took him through it took. That time around, I got to be the “expert-ish”. Didn’t wash out on any corners this time, but did smash my shoulder and handlebar into a tree. It was totally dumb: just leaned a bit far right on a straight part of the trail. Wasn’t even moving very fast, but now I’ve got a nice set of abrasions and a bruise on my right shoulder. Worth it though: CCDH is still great. I could feel the temperature and humidity picking up as we descended. My second companion was planning to ride a full Everest on the base to Stan’s->Poppin’ Tops loop in a few weeks. Said he thought it would take him about 27 hours. Not sure if I’d count that as fun, or not. Good day, though: the second half of my sandwich from a shop in Snoqualmie was so good when I got down, as was my cruffin from Celine.