The Trail from Hell - Clinton Smout

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Nothing beats heading out for a riding adventure with a group of friends, enjoying the ride and having someone watch your back while you watch theirs. But, there are some things that you should keep in mind when it comes to riding with a group including safety, preparation and buddy etiquette. Clinton Smout, who’s in Baja, Mexico riding sweep on a commercial group ride, talks about group riding but not before he tells us about the most difficult day on the ride so far, on what he calls The Trail from Hell. Photos and links for this episode can be found on our website at adventureriderradio.com. Adventure Rider Radio is the original and longest running adventure motorcycle and travel podcast and has been produced weekly since 2014! You can count on us to be there for you every Thursday with a new and exciting episode, we never miss a week. And we hope we can count on you for your support. Become a Patreon supporter for just $5 a month and get a sticker and ad-free listening. Make a one time donation of just $10 and we'll send you a sticker. A donation of $50 or more also gets you a shout-out on RAW. To become a supporter please head over to the Support page on our website. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Nothing beats heading out for a riding adventure with a group of good friends.
0:05.0	And I guess the next best thing to that is joining a group and making new friends.
0:09.0	I mean, what better way to meet like-minded people, especially motorcyclists because, well, you know what they're like.
0:14.9	You enjoy the benefits of meeting some new people with that, and as well, you got somebody to watch your
0:18.7	back while you watch theirs.
0:19.7	It's sort of a win-win situation.
0:21.7	But there are some things that we need to keep in mind
0:24.0	when it comes to group riding,
0:25.0	and if you've just, if you've been stuck in the wintertime,
0:28.0	it's up till now, and you're just sort of breaking out of the snow
0:30.0	and you're getting ready to ride,
0:31.0	it's time to refresh those things.
0:32.0	Some are about safety,
0:33.6	somewhere about personal preparation, a little on buddy etiquette as well. And to talk
0:39.0	about this, we're heading all the way down to Baja Mexico to talk with Clinton
0:43.1	when I caught up with Clinton he was about halfway through a commercial
0:47.1	group ride that he rides sweep for and it was just a day after what he called
0:52.2	the trail from Hell, the worst day that he's had doing
0:56.3	this. All that coming up. I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us.
1:01.3	We got a good one for you. the I'm Sam Mannequin Z. Z Zebel.
1:33.0	Then Simon Pabey.
1:34.0	Guegue.
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