A few hours mountain climbing turns a rogue and a saint into two roughly equal creatures. Weariness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity—and liberty is finally added by sleep. —Nietzsche
Race is kinda hard to handicap with all the snow this year and some riders opting for the south-north route. The leaders in that group have done more miles but, they're heading into the Rockies.
Digging this SPOT tracker app.
George Vargas is using one for this crazy ride he's doing 21 June/Tuesday. The WHOLE Everest Challenge sufferfest in one day. Sierras at their best: 206 miles and 29,035' climbing. Only George would come up with something like this.
(Secret stuff: George is using this for a training ride for the Furnace Creek 508 double he's training for. That would be 1,016 miles nonstop out/back through Death Valley in September. Gads....)