Intermediary TS called in but not blogged
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Location:La Veta, CO
Monday, June 14, 2010
It's raining
Storm showers going through as we near the team exchange to Dave/Bill and the start of epic Wolf Creek Pass 10858ft
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- from my iPhone
Location:Pagosa Springs,CO
TS10 was logged
Sally, Derrick,
Yup we phoned that one in. Confirmation number 99111
Thanks
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Yup we phoned that one in. Confirmation number 99111
Thanks
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Location:(Tuba City)
Catching up in Cortez, CO
there's too much stuff happening. I cant really keep up with one iPad update per day but let's give things a try.
After the missed communications north of Sedona and the subsequent regrouping, Tim and Eduardo launched their evening ride - Tim drawing the Yarnell grade, 40 miles of descent.
Did I mention the spectacular skies?
Last night we had a classic illustration of one of the most important and tricky decisions - how far ahead to position the fresh team so that the current team gets in their commitment 8 hours?) and yet doesn't fall short of where the exchange will take place. Terrain plays a huge part in the progress the racers making; predicting rider speed is hard.
Last night we blew it with Dave and Bill and crew waiting out at Kayenta while it became apparent that Tim and Edurado weren't going to make it there by midnight (8 hours) in fact they were 3 hours too far away. A compromise was reached and the quincy van retreated 15 miles and Tim and Eduardo rode an extra 15 miles (one hour) on that terrain.
Tim irritated a 18-wheeler driver by his very presence and the truck veered off the pavement and came to a full stop in front of us with its sirens blaring for 30 seconds before finally becoming intimidated by us and leaving.
Plenty of tired riders, plenty of tired crew and mood swings to match.
While Dave and Bill took over at 1am (with us in the follow van) they forged their way through Monument Valley, (not even a moon) and on through Mexican Hat. Roadsie chaos at night
A calmer dawn exchange
Meanwhile the sheeper van beat it ahead to Cortez Colorado where they secured a motel room for a couple of hours of bed rest and showers.
The sun rose with Bill and Dave riding out the last of AZ and into lush Colorado. The whole hotel thing seemed like a good idea so the quincy van arrived to share the showers.
The motel was designated an exchange point so Tim was ready for DaveQ to arrive
Follow van occupants went shopping so by the time we got back for our showers they had checked out of the motel. No problem - a deal was struck for $5/shower. Excellent value in this situation
We swung by Radio Shack and got the bullhorn working (dont ask)
Also we think we solved the PA battery problem - mounting harness interfered with switch.
Exhausting
work has us relaxing in downtown Cortez's park.
- from my iPad
After the missed communications north of Sedona and the subsequent regrouping, Tim and Eduardo launched their evening ride - Tim drawing the Yarnell grade, 40 miles of descent.
Did I mention the spectacular skies?
Last night we had a classic illustration of one of the most important and tricky decisions - how far ahead to position the fresh team so that the current team gets in their commitment 8 hours?) and yet doesn't fall short of where the exchange will take place. Terrain plays a huge part in the progress the racers making; predicting rider speed is hard.
Last night we blew it with Dave and Bill and crew waiting out at Kayenta while it became apparent that Tim and Edurado weren't going to make it there by midnight (8 hours) in fact they were 3 hours too far away. A compromise was reached and the quincy van retreated 15 miles and Tim and Eduardo rode an extra 15 miles (one hour) on that terrain.
Tim irritated a 18-wheeler driver by his very presence and the truck veered off the pavement and came to a full stop in front of us with its sirens blaring for 30 seconds before finally becoming intimidated by us and leaving.
Plenty of tired riders, plenty of tired crew and mood swings to match.
While Dave and Bill took over at 1am (with us in the follow van) they forged their way through Monument Valley, (not even a moon) and on through Mexican Hat. Roadsie chaos at night
A calmer dawn exchange
Meanwhile the sheeper van beat it ahead to Cortez Colorado where they secured a motel room for a couple of hours of bed rest and showers.
The sun rose with Bill and Dave riding out the last of AZ and into lush Colorado. The whole hotel thing seemed like a good idea so the quincy van arrived to share the showers.
The motel was designated an exchange point so Tim was ready for DaveQ to arrive
Follow van occupants went shopping so by the time we got back for our showers they had checked out of the motel. No problem - a deal was struck for $5/shower. Excellent value in this situation
We swung by Radio Shack and got the bullhorn working (dont ask)
Also we think we solved the PA battery problem - mounting harness interfered with switch.
Exhausting
work has us relaxing in downtown Cortez's park.
- from my iPad
Location:Cortez CO
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