9th annual King of the Mountain Challenge
to climb 11 KOM Climbs in Southern Highlands, camping at Berry Showground between Sunday 11th and Sunday 18 Nov 2012

Muggaccinos.com invites you to -

(i)        camp at scenic, bucolic Berry Showground or book a room at a local motel; and

(ii)       cycle up to 8 days the bestest cluster of tough climbs in NSW - nestled around pristine Kangaroo Valley and the Kiama escarpment.

Visit Muggaccinos.com and click on folder "King of the Mountain Challenge - The Bullsheet" for all details.

Utilising Berry Showground as a home base enables cyclists to catch the quaint local train service to Bombaderry, Kiama and Albion Park Rail on 3 of the 8 days to climb 6 of the below 12 KOM Climbs in the Illawarra Climb Region.

1.     Woodhill Mountain from Berry

2.     Woodhill Mountain from Wattamolla
3. Tourist Rd up Bellawongara Mountain to Camberwarra Mtn Lookout Cafe
4. Camberwarra Mountain from Bombaderry
5. Camberwarra Mountain from Kangaroo Valley
6. Berry Mountain from Berry
7. Berry Mountain from Kangaroo Valley
8. Jamberoo Pass
9. Macquarie Pass
10.   Saddleback Mountain Rd
11.   Fountaindale Rd up Saddleback Mountain
12. Barrengarry Mountain to Fitzroy Falls

Rides commence from Berry on the other 5 days to climb remaining 5 KOM Climbs.

If you have concrete quads you might scale the above Climbs on a double 52/39 chain ring, so long as you have a 27 on your rear cassette.  However, a triple chain-ring or 50/34 compact front chain-ring is recommended.

NB:  Muggaccinos 1^st Commandment is:

“Hills are your friends, and mountains are your mates.”

Flatter day rides on a recently refurbished quiet road SW of Berry available for rookies and woosses.

No bookings at Berry Showground is req’d and only $10 per night per tent camping fee - 20m council swimming pool is 100m from Berry Showground campsite.

Berry is a showpiece of the Southern Highlands with lots of things to do, people to see, places to go and pubs to visit, when not cycling its marvelous mountains.

Not every cycle enthusiast can get days off work in early Nov, so approx. 30% of attendees will drive down early Saturday morning to Kiama station for final two days of climbing – 5 KOM Climbs.  Less than 2 hrs drive from Sydney Harbour Bridge to Albion Park Rail early on Saturday morning.

Contact Phil Johnston   0434 715.861 or ScribePJ@bigpond.com if you would like to be added to the "Berry KOM Challenge estimated attendance schedule" in The Bullsheet.  If at the 11^th hour you have to bail-out, no worries, ‘cause there is always next November.