Specs here:http://www.norco.com/archives/2005/bikes05_archive.php?lang=en&id=shore
I'm 5-10 and it always seemed on the big side for me fwiw.
Frame has cable rub, dings and scratches but is in totally sound shape. Fork was purchased in 2010 and has maybe 3 days of riding on it. Everything...
I went a few years back but did not do any biking. So much crazy terrain I would imagine getting a guide would worth it.
BIKE had a article about the scene a while back and mentions a guide:
http://www.bikemag.com/news/bike-magazine-december-2009-issue-on-sale-now/
If you can swing it...
Is this the tree by Hot Topic? or is it the one by the gnarly Cinnabon DH section? Either way, having the gnar removed from 6 mile Resegnar is a gnar gnar.
Give your friends bike away to someone who could use it and tell his wife it was stolen.
Better yet, run it over with your car and then punch him in the face and tell her he crashed.