Eventually we made the way to the top of the climb. After removing the built up clay in the pedals, cleats and shoes we started out descent to the bottom of the valley. However it wasn’t to last very long. On the -10% and at times -15% gradients long ruts had formed and combined with the wet thick/tall grass made spotting them difficult which was made even worse with the slippery red clay. It wasn’t long until Bronwyn had her first couple moments shortly followed by a slow speed stack when she lost the front on some slippery clay. Luke quickly followed in a more dramatic fashion as he lost the front on one bit of slippery clay, into a long rut covered in grass, across the track into another rut and eventually losing the rear as it lost traction with the wet clay and spun around. We both decided to attempt the Mulgowie section another day when it wasn’t as wet on the steeper side. As we made our way back to Grandchester Mount Mort Road it still wasn’t stack free. One one -12% section Luke lost the bike on a soft section of clay when the front dug in and the rear slid out at low speed. Once we got back to the dirt road normal riding was resumed. The only problem we now had was avoiding eye level chunks of clay that were now being flicked off our wheels/bikes which was easily solved by grabbing a low hanging stick from a tree and scraping the clay off while riding. Once we got back onto Grandchester Mount Mort Road heading south it was 85% gravel roads over just about every single ridge line all the way back to Rosewood. You couldn’t see them all but when you got to the crest you knew there was another one just on the other side.