RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT - LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 2002

In October of 2002, I flew out to Hollywood to film a segment for the Ripley's TV show. I have a complete trip report typed up somewhere, so I'll try to dig that out soon. Until then, check out the screenshots below...and click here to see a clip!!!

behind the scenes as I fill my forehead:
the final result, before heading out to play with pedestrians...

This was my hotel room at the Hollywood Roosevelt.
THE VIEW FROM MY HOTEL ROOM WINDOW:
see that mountain back there?
 no, not the mountain you're looking at,
the other mountain behind it.
if you zoom past the Kodak Theater (Academy Awards)
you can see the second mountain with a white sign...
 lo and behold!
The Legendary Hollywood Sign!!!
so... being the insane bike fanatic that I am, I brough my bike to LA because my bike goes everywhere with me... it was a pretty long ride out from the hotel and one hell of a steep climb up to the Hollywood sign - I nearly busted a lung!! But it was one hell of a ride down, I pretty much manualled the whole thing!! I wish I had a helmet cam for that... anyway, if ever you go up there, be careful... it's private property and they have high-tech sensor things that release wild dogs and dispatch dudes in helicopters with machine guns...
I ate Hollywood!!
I was drinking lots of vodka in my fancy Hollywood hotel room late one night... and it was good vodka!!
This is the result of that night...