Category: TD/GDMBR 2024

Tl;Dr: one more day of healing up in Platoro before trying the highest pass on the route. Work in progress, check back later Doing a few errands and getting ready to ride tomorrow – itching to go. My spokes took a number of hits in NM, I checked them over today – nothing broken, the…

Good article from CTS. Bad news – the back country choices are: Neither are great. Sheltering under a tree is not great (the amperage in the ground can hurt you if the tree gets struck). Rubber tires aren’t a realistic insulator. Huddling down makes you less of a target (less tall, basically), but staying warm…

Just a quick note to myself in the future about obesity & nutrition. This looks like an excellent review of Carbohydrate/Insulin model as opposed to Energy Balance and others. I’ll update this later if other interesting articles come to light.

Tl;Dr: is Tour Divide a gravel race? Not exactly, photos here. A model of route surfaces follows…. People riding and racing the GDMBR/Tour Divide have a lot of time to think, and a lot of incentive to think about the route surfaces. As an observer it’s a little hard to understand – are you riding…

Tl;Dr: Taking a break to let things heal down south, kind rainy in Platoro. Check back later, laundry to do Platoro is a small town (more like Hamlet – apparently nobody stays here in the winter) in S. Colorado – seems like a lot of folks camping, fishing, and doing whatever one does on an…

Tl;Dr: setting up Google photos with WordPress/jetpack is hard. Harumph. See 3 albums below You know, I’m pretty happy with my pixel & android. Great camera, pictures go to the photo app and I can share & organize there In general, I want to do things in 1 place, not two. For example, if a…

Tl;Dr: I made it out of New Mexico, with a few more spills. Now considering life choices in S. Colorado. Lots of hi-fives today. More updates later. Quick notes: Saw about 6 SOBO tour divide racers, 4 too depressed to really chat. Adam & Ashley were great to chat to. Saw Joe & Joe who…

Tl;Dr Updates: So. Hard. Made it 20 miles to camp, ate my last food for dinner. The best thing about Hopewell Lake was Kate, Merlin and Yeshe who provided food, water, and conversation. So great to meet them. Pancakes in the morning was over the top. (Repeat picture, but they’re worth it.) I left Hopewell…

Tl;Dr: work in progress. Mostly off cell service, next update probably Friday. Weather says: Rainy. Might consider Vallecitos Mountian Ranch or a near by cabin if thing looks iffy. Update: Vallecitos Mountain Ranch is to busy hosting bhuddist retreats to offer water or shelter to travelers, but they assure me it’s beautiful. Huh. You know…

Tl;Dr; Colorado is in reach, but more than a day away Platoro Colorado is the next sizable town on the Tour Divide route – it’s 125ish miles away and ~14k feet of elevation. This is a stretch, since I just did a 70 mile day in… 2 days. The goal for Day 15 is: Hopewell…