Molas

I live in durango and hosted 2 "house guests" who proved they were short a full load by getting up at 4a.m. the next day sunday driving to Molas Pass and ride the Colo.

BSNYC Ride Report: 2009 Singlespeed World Championship BikeSnobNYC 2009

In 2006 I got Coal Bank and Molas Passes in the Ironhorse Classic, and just as important met my goal of breaking 3 hours in the race 2:51:56.

Archive 2008-06-01 Darrin 2008

I guess there was a foot of snow in Silverton, and Molas pass was snow packed.

Archive 2008-05-01 Isaac 2008

Molas are infamous for carrying tons of parasites.

Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003

Monterey is one of the few places in the world where Molas come in large numbers.

Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003

And they'll put their fins out and their eyes go in the back of their head, and the fish come up and they just clean, clean, clean -- because the Molas, you know, there's just a smorgasbord of parasites.

Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003

And over in these places, the Molas are caught in set nets that line these countries.

Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003

And the Molas there, you can find them with a spotter plane very easily, and they like to hang out under floating rafts of kelp.

Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003

Because another one of our locals really likes Molas but in the wrong way.

Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003

The poor little Molas coming in, getting ripped to shreds, so we head down south, to San Diego.

Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003