2003 Ride Report, Photos, and Results
Pass 4: Angelus Oaks to Onyx Summit

By Chuck Bramwell

The 1999 Ride Report gives an Insider's View of the Breathless Agony

It was a PARTY at Onyx Summit!!

If you've completed all 4 Passes, You Need A Breathless Agony Jersey!!

The San Diego High Intensity Team in Training riders are looking great here at the top of the mountain!!

It was a PARTY at Onyx Summit!!

A big congratulations to Dan Thomas of Veloce Santiago who set a new Course Record in the blazing time of 5:12!! Dan's awesome ride beat the prior Course Record of 5:16 set by Marc Patton in 2000. Dan was flying up the mountain so fast that the volunteers had a hard time staying in front of him.

It was a PARTY at Onyx Summit!!

Many riders from the Bicycle Club of Irvine came out on the 2003 Breathless Agony!! The top 3 Women who completed all 4 Passes were from the Bicycle Club of Irvine ... this is a huge achievement for 3 riders from any bike club indeed!! A BIG Congratulations go to Colleen Montoya, Vicki Chernoff, and Marissa Hindman and the entire Bicycle Club of Irvine!!


Checkout these 182 Photos from Onyx Summit at 8,443 Feet - Part 1

Checkout these 71 Photos from Onyx Summit at 8,443 Feet - Part 2
by Pete and Shelly Smith


The road up to Onyx Summit has some steep ups and downs through Barton Flats followed by a long endless climb to Onyx Summit. However, there is really great scenery as you climb up and up above the clouds!! And did I mention THE PARTY at the top?

It was great fun to share the joy of these cyclists arrving at THE TOP!! These photos show how great of a time it was at the Onyx Summit Party this year!!

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The weather was perfect with clear blue skies and 48 degrees on the climb up to Onyx Summit at 12 Noon. Perfect for climbing for sure!! What a difference a week makes ... the prior Saturday it was snowing and raining up there!!

Congratulations also goes to Barclay Brown from San Diego who became the First Person Ever to Complete ALL 4 Passes of the Breathless Agony on a Recumbent Bike!! This is a great achievement because recumbents are more difficult to ride on long climbs ... but Barclay makes it look so easy. Congratulations Barclay!!

I would like to applaud the efforts of our volunteers this year. I know I run the risk of forgetting someone ... and if I did leave someone out, please let me know. Here's the Breathless Agony 2003 team:

Pre-Ride Bag Loading: Peggy Sue Phillips, Marion Pineda, Pat Kapp, and David Harris

Roving SAG: Pete & Shelly Smith did a great job roving the course all day. This course is brutal on bike drivetrains with the shifting under load going up some of the steep gradients. Pete & Shelly helped a bunch of riders with flat tires and at least one rider with a drivetrain lock up problem. Thanks Pete & Shelly for driving up and down Oak Glen, Damnation Alley, Barton Flats, and up to Onyx Summit over and over again all day!!

Start: Peggy Sue Phillips and Livia Peraza did the Day of Event Sign Ups and handed out the rider bags containing everyone's socks, water bottle, and route sheet. Thanks to Marty Breen for bringing a full van load of supplies out in his van from the night before.

Rest Stop 1 at Beaumont: Peggy Sue Phillips, Livia Peraza, and Marion Pineda did a great job getting everything set up quickly in Beaumont. The riders arrived at this first Rest Stop in large groups so it took a lot of fast teamwork to make it all happen. Thanks Peggy Sue, Liv, and Marion!!

Rest Stop 2 at Ranger Station: Dave and Mary Harris really took good care of the riders here. This is a critical rest stop for the cyclists ... they burned a lot of calories getting up and over Oak Glen ... and if they don't fuel up before Damnation Alley, they can't make it to the top. Dave and Mary did a fantastic job with a fully loaded Rest Stop here.

Rest Stop 3 at Angelus Oaks: Pat Kapp and Bob Brooks helped set it up ... then Dr. Ron Koons and Bob McSparron took over. This was a world class Rest Stop as well ... PB&J sandwiches artfully displayed in a pyramid fashion on silver trays with a table cloth!! We were in good hands with Dr. Ron nearby in case of medical needs that fortunately no one had to take advantage of. We really appreciate new team mate Bob McSparron helping out here as well.

Rest Stop 4 at Onyx Summit: Peggy Sue Phillips, Livia Peraza, and Marion Pineda led the party at Onyx Summit this year and what a great time we had up there. Blue skies. Rock and Roll by The Who. Some Grim Reaper guy running around. Greg Mills rode Pass 1 & 2 then hopped in the van with Livia up to Onyx where he cooked up some Hot Apple Cider that was a big hit. Pat Kapp and Bob Brooks carefully drove the double wide Porta-Potties up the mountain ... then used their Architectural & Engineering skills in setting them up to be perfectly level and so they wouldn't tip under load ... a true work of art!! Speaking of Porta-Potties ... these were the best ever ... complete with hand washing areas on each side!!

Everyone who arrived at Onyx Summit completing all 4 Passes received a "I Hammered All 4 Passes of the 2003 Breathless Agony Century" Refrigerator Magnet. It was a joy to be able to award these to the cyclists at 8,443 Feet. There was a whole lot of fun cheering going on up there!!

Thanks also to the Caltrans Guys who rebuilt the Onyx Summit sign after it was blown over a couple of weeks before. The Onyx Summit sign is a beautiful backdrop for so many of these fun photos.


2003 BREATHLESS AGONY 4 PASS FINISHERS

Place

First Name

Last Name

Age

Sex

Start

Rest

Rest

Start

Rest

Start

Rest

Start

Stop #1

Stop #2

to RS2

Stop #3

to RS3

Stop #4

to RS4

WOMEN

1

Colleen

Montoya

F

6:00

7:57

9:26

3:26

10:59

4:59

13:04

7:04

2

Vicki

Chernoff

F

6:47

8:49

10:30

3:43

12:01

5:14

13:58

7:11

3

Marissa

Hindman

F

6:00

8:12

9:54

3:54

11:29

5:29

13:40

7:40

4

Sheri

Nazaroff

F

6:07

8:17

9:58

3:51

11:43

5:36

14:00

7:53

5

Heather

Kraus

F

6:21

8:29

10:15

3:54

12:05

5:44

14:24

8:03

6

Ginger

Coombs

F

6:20

8:29

10:19

3:59

12:04

5:44

14:26

8:06

7

Jami

Fowler

F

6:18

8:37

10:20

4:02

11:52

5:34

14:25

8:07

8

Doris

Asombrado

F

6:20

8:32

10:14

3:54

12:04

5:44

14:32

8:12

9

Lan

Tran

F

6:20

8:32

10:21

4:01

12:12

5:52

14:49

8:29

10

Deby

Kellogg

F

6:23

8:59

11:11

4:48

12:46

6:23

14:55

8:32

11

Rochelle

Woods

F

6:00

8:10

9:54

3:54

12:09

6:09

14:44

8:44

12

Cheryl

Scherr

F

6:05

8:19

10:07

4:02

12:12

6:07

14:58

8:53

MEN

1

Dan

Thomas

55

M

6:34

8:06

9:08

2:34

10:13

3:39

11:46

5:12

2

Mike

Fonda

27

M

6:30

8:20

9:33

3:03

10:38

4:08

12:10

5:40

3

Don

Schmidt

56

M

6:47

8:27

9:44

2:57

11:00

4:13

12:53

6:06

4

Brian

Bowling

29

M

6:34

8:06

9:45

3:11

11:04

4:30

12:42

6:08

5

Tim

Scovel

55

M

6:25

8:11

9:30

3:05

10:52

4:27

12:38

6:13

6

Bill

Griffith

45

M

6:49

8:27

9:52

3:03

11:15

4:26

13:06

6:17

7

Gary

Poles

40

M

6:21

8:23

9:43

3:22

11:04

4:43

12:44

6:23

8

Michael

Joyce

47

M

6:25

8:11

9:30

3:05

10:52

4:27

12:52

6:27

9

Alan

Wright

39

M

6:47

8:24

9:44

2:57

11:10

4:23

13:16

6:29

10

Carlos

De Leon

42

M

6:21

8:15

9:36

3:15

11:00

4:39

12:54

6:33

11

Paul

Swanno

38

M

7:00

8:48

10:13

3:13

11:42

4:42

13:33

6:33

12

Matteo

Bevini

39

M

6:26

8:24

10:05

3:39

11:18

4:52

13:00

6:34

13

Richard

Baylor

38

M

7:00

8:48

10:12

3:12

11:42

4:42

13:37

6:37

14

Stacy

Burnett

45

M

6:34

8:37

10:06

3:32

11:28

4:54

13:27

6:53

15

Jim

Knight

42

M

6:21

8:06

9:47

3:26

11:15

4:54

13:15

6:54

16

Greg

Christian

17

M

6:34

8:36

10:04

3:30

11:22

4:48

13:30

6:56

17

Barry

Judge

48

M

6:14

8:14

9:52

3:38

11:15

5:01

13:11

6:57

18

Randy

German

43

M

6:49

8:28

9:52

3:03

11:34

4:45

13:47

6:58

19

Darren

Gonser

38

M

6:26

8:16

9:36

3:10

11:10

4:44

13:25

6:59

20

Lawrence

Gitman

56

M

6:21

8:19

9:47

3:26

11:15

4:54

13:24

7:03

21

Rich

Stuart

57

M

6:15

8:16

9:43

3:28

11:12

4:57

13:18

7:03

22

Robert

Thomas

47

M

6:21

8:19

9:46

3:25

11:19

4:58

13:24

7:03

23

Marty

Breen

59

M

6:28

8:19

10:03

3:35

11:28

5:00

13:32

7:04

24

Greg

Campbell

31

M

7:00

8:48

10:13

3:13

11:45

4:45

14:05

7:05

25

Robert

Cedergreen

56

M

7:00

8:50

10:21

3:21

11:58

4:58

14:05

7:05

26

Gil

Rivera

41

M

7:09

9:15

10:59

3:50

12:05

4:56

14:18

7:09

27

Gilles

Hebert

54

M

6:14

8:11

9:36

3:22

11:08

4:54

13:24

7:10

28

Michael

Barr

47

M

7:00

8:49

10:21

3:21

11:58

4:58

14:11

7:11

29

Joseph

Vogelpohl

35

M

6:13

8:14

9:52

3:39

11:19

5:06

13:25

7:12

30

Joe

Baumgaertner

49

M

6:39

8:36

10:05

3:26

11:42

5:03

13:59

7:20

31

Geoff

Smith

34

M

6:21

8:14

9:36

3:15

11:08

4:47

13:41

7:20

32

David

Marino

54

M

6:00

7:57

9:31

3:31

11:06

5:06

13:23

7:23

33

Vernon

Medeiros

52

M

6:14

8:12

9:50

3:36

11:33

5:19

13:40

7:26

34

Gary

Patterson

47

M

6:21

8:14

9:37

3:16

11:17

4:56

13:49

7:28

35

Kurt

Hoopingarner

42

M

6:22

8:18

9:47

3:25

11:29

5:07

13:51

7:29

36

Mike

Burns

55

M

6:39

8:37

10:10

3:31

11:57

5:18

14:08

7:29

37

Chris

Kralick

51

M

6:26

8:24

10:03

3:37

11:42

5:16

14:00

7:34

38

Michael

Trone

44

M

6:15

8:25

9:43

3:28

11:43

5:28

13:52

7:37

39

Steven

Barron

50

M

6:17

8:42

10:10

3:53

11:44

5:27

13:56

7:39

40

Eric

Grade

39

M

6:40

8:55

10:40

4:00

12:05

5:25

14:21

7:41

41

Jon

Lieberg

49

M

6:14

8:14

9:59

3:45

11:47

5:33

13:56

7:42

42

Michel

Vincent

45

M

6:17

8:42

10:12

3:55

11:44

5:27

14:03

7:46

43

Thomas

Buescher

47

M

7:00

9:26

10:59

3:59

12:36

5:36

14:49

7:49

44

Alexander

Maitre

32

M

6:20

8:32

10:10

3:50

11:52

5:32

14:11

7:51

45

Dan

Powell

43

M

6:40

8:50

10:42

4:02

12:19

5:39

14:31

7:51

46

Dale

Hill

41

M

6:15

8:25

10:04

3:49

11:43

5:28

14:10

7:55

47

Shawn

Tabor

44

M

6:25

8:19

10:00

3:35

11:49

5:24

14:20

7:55

48

Perry

Crutchfield

44

M

6:20

8:29

10:19

3:59

12:04

5:44

14:22

8:02

49

Chuck

Phillips

40

M

6:15

8:06

9:39

3:24

11:32

5:17

14:20

8:05

50

Peter

Bouzane

M

6:12

8:25

10:02

3:50

11:56

5:44

14:19

8:07

51

Kent

Karnes

45

M

6:47

9:02

10:30

3:43

12:25

5:38

14:55

8:08

52

David

Shryock

54

M

6:29

8:22

10:06

3:37

11:56

5:27

14:37

8:08

53

Ivan

Larsen

51

M

6:36

8:49

10:28

3:52

12:20

5:44

14:45

8:09

54

Joel

Salver

54

M

6:47

8:50

10:30

3:43

12:34

5:47

14:56

8:09

55

Kevin

Greenlee

37

M

6:20

8:32

10:14

3:54

12:02

5:42

14:30

8:10

56

David

Powell

58

M

6:25

8:25

10:08

3:43

12:02

5:37

14:36

8:11

57

Wayne

Caldwell

49

M

6:14

8:25

10:05

3:51

11:55

5:41

14:28

8:14

58

Thomas

Zsak

42

M

6:31

8:25

10:04

3:33

11:56

5:25

14:47

8:16

59

Craig

Holmes

51

M

6:47

9:02

10:26

3:39

12:26

5:39

15:05

8:18

60

Michael

O'Grady

63

M

6:05

8:36

10:36

4:31

12:05

6:00

14:25

8:20

61

Barclay

Brown

44

M

6:44

8:55

10:37

3:53

12:29

5:45

15:07

8:23

62

Ken

Isaak

40

M

6:25

8:27

10:12

3:47

12:07

5:42

14:49

8:24

63

Tim

Droke

40

M

6:41

8:36

10:26

3:45

12:21

5:40

15:08

8:27

64

Randy

Luce

54

M

6:21

8:32

10:21

4:00

12:12

5:51

14:49

8:28

65

John

Chi

32

M

6:54

8:55

10:51

3:57

12:55

6:01

15:29

8:35

66

Larry

Murphy

59

M

6:36

8:49

10:28

3:52

12:27

5:51

15:15

8:39

67

William

Murphy

51

M

6:16

8:41

10:29

4:13

12:26

6:10

15:00

8:44

68

Tony

Musorafite

45

M

6:36

8:49

10:37

4:01

12:31

5:55

15:25

8:49

69

Alan

Roth

60

M

6:15

8:06

10:00

3:45

12:13

5:58

15:09

8:54

70

Dan

Graham

55

M

6:34

8:49

10:38

4:04

12:38

6:04

15:30

8:56

71

John

Justice

51

M

6:20

8:22

10:16

3:56

12:24

6:04

15:16

8:56


On June 12, 2003, Chuck Bramwell rode the 4 Passes of the Breathless Agony on the Worker's ride. He started at 6:59 and arrived at RS4 at 14:26 for a 7:27. He saw the Grim Reaper near Onyx Summit.

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