Darren Berrecloth

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My name is Darren Berrecloth and i live in a small town called Qualicum Beach

I originally started riding bikes when i was a kid well what am I kidding everyone rode bikes when they were kids because we had no cars. The first real bike i had was a specialized rockhopper hard tail, and it didnt take me very long to destroy it, before i knew it the wheels

were bent the bars were bent and i did not have enough money to keep fixing it.

So my local bike shop convinced me to buy a bmx if I wanted to keep doing jumps So I did then I started racing and one thing led to another and here i am.

A professional freerider for specialized, travelling the planet searching for the sickest terrain and riding comps. I am currently tavelling a ton and am super excited to have the opportunities to explore the unkown and push my own limits everyday. I keep pinching myself to make sure its not a dream but yes it is reality and yes I do ride for the best bike company in the business.

hobbies; Snowboarding, snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, skiing, bmxing, motoxing, quading, wakeboarding, and building trails and stunts.

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Achievements

Monster park champion 2 times in a row
Crankwerx whistler champion
Nissan qashqai tour champion
Adidas slopestyle champion three years in a row
Voted rider of the year 2 years in a row at the bike magazine awards
Voted rider of the year 2 years in a row by freeride germany magazine.
Voted best segment of the year at the bike magazine awards
Red bull rampage I have two 3rd place finishes
2 2nd place finishes at the chatel mountain style
This current year was the first year we had a world tour and I ended up in 3rd place for 2010.
I've been featured in magazines from outside to mens fitness and of course hundreds of pages have been ran in mtb magazines across the globe
I was nominated for alternative sports person of the year at the Laureus sports awards in portugal
Voted as one of the 25 coolest people now by Outside magazine

So we awake....

March 10, 2010

So we awake to another pristine morning in the Himalayas and the plan for the day was to go for a 2 hour climb and followed by a nice downhill.

Well it was a beautiful ride and it did take a little longer, 9 hours actually. Having such a big crew of 18 and trying to film and shoot at every great opportunity didn't really allow for a quick day. The views were beautiful and the ride up wasn't too bad except that we climbed up to 12,000 feet. For a first day after flying for 3 days it killed me, That evening all i could do is wolf down as much carbs as possible in order to try and recover for the start of the climb tomorrow.

6 am wakeup and today is the big day for the start of our ascent, at breakfast I hear rumors through the french that possibly the top of the pass is covered with snow and we might have to start lower than 17,000 feet for the race.

With a half dozen pieces of bread stuffed down my throat and as much water as my gut can handle.

At the moment I am sipping hot tea kaisang base camp at 12,000 feet. The hike was supposed to take 5 hours but it ended up taking 7 hours, I'm learning not to trust our guides estimation of time, since it is usually wrong. The trek up here wasn't too bad it was actually beautiful with 25,000 foot peaks on both sides of the valley, the only problem is that I am freaking exhausted. Not just from the day but from the last 4 days of nonstop travel continued by 2 days of big rides at elevation which makes it hard to recover from large days....

Well I am half way and I'm gonna eat as much carbs as I can and stay warm and hope I have some more energy tomorrow..... wish me luck

P.s. I am the only english speaking dude here and most of the others are french.... remind me to make sure there is another english speaking person to hang with for my sanity....

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