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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
October 22, 2004
As Paul Thomasberg and the other mountain bikers cruised over the lava flow in the early portions of their epic ride, they glanced over to Broken Top and North Sister some 40 miles away.
"Yep, we're gonna be crossing that ridge over there," Thomasberg said, "and that's a long ways....