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Pinnacle Hill

 

Intro Lesson: using shifters to your advantage! 

Topic: Pinnacle Hill

We had a great ride today.  Rode the 3.5 miles to Pinnacle Hill from the B&G Club, then hiked to the summit – I guess we can call it that when it is the highest point in Rochester, a full 749 feet above sea level, and 506 feet above the surface of Lake Ontario (the lowest point in the city).

According to Rocwiki.org, the hill was originally named Mount Monroe, and was one of the four hills termed “The Pinnacle Hills.” The other three hills are Cobbs’ Hill, Highland Hill (as in Highland Park), and Mount Hope (as in the cemetery).

The tall towers that we saw at the top of the hill supply all of the “over-the-air” TV broadcasts for the city (as opposed to the cable stations, I assume), and many of the FM radio stations. There has to be some cell tower service there as well, since Carey’s phone had more bars than he’s ever seen!…

Our first trip was July 27, 2010

Trip distance: 6.8 miles

Participants:  Carey Bedell, Quinton Bedell, Davontay Bradley, Jonathan Shellman, Sherod Smith

Leaders:  Shawn Brown, Marc Lavender, Reggie Smith

An MJ tribute...
Local Flora...
Reggie's Ride
Watering-up for the ride.
Local traffic box art.
Heading north along the Genesee on the U of R campus
Parking the bikes before the hike up Pinnacle Hill
The crew.
Atop Pinnacle Hill with the southern view in the background.
Another nice view, 750 feet above sea level.
That's why Carey's cell phone had so many bars!
Reggie and Shawn following the boys back to the bikes.
Sherod looking strong after returning to the Club.  Who knew he ran 2 miles before the ride?!?
Carey, showin' off hands-free.
Quenton getting in on the action.
Some more show-boatin'...
You talkin' to me??
Jonathan's got this biking thing down...

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{ 2 } Comments

  1. avatar admin | August 11, 2010 at 11:02 am | Permalink

    If you click on the Terrain button on the map above you can see the hills in relief. Then zoom in a bit.

    JFC

  2. avatar johnathan.shellman | September 4, 2010 at 8:51 am | Permalink

    this is one of my favorite ones when we all had took along walk on that one being on top of the top

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