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Betty Birrell, 76, poses for a photograph with her mountain bike, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, December 9, 2024. Birrell has been mountain biking since about 1993, when she says it was an anomaly to see another woman riding through the lush, loamy forests. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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By Brenna Owen The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER – Betty Birrell expertly guides her mountain bike over an elevated wooden ramp, catching some air, then lands smoothly on a trail she’s ridden countless times before.

At 76, the local legend has spent three decades tackling the rugged slopes of Vancouver’s North Shore mountains, beginning in about 1993, when she says it was an anomaly to see another woman racing through the lush forests.

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