Tour Divide: 27 Days, 27 Photos

One of the great days: riding over Boreas Pass in Summit County, Colorado and into South Park.

At last! Here are photos from the Tour Divide, the 2,700-mile self-supported Canada-Mexico mountain bike race hailed as “the most difficult cycling event in the world.” As it took me 27.5 days, here are 27 30 photos representing what I remember most from each of the days.

The entire slideshow takes about three minutes to view; just press the play button below. Or you may view the photo album and each photo individually.

This was just meant as a primer. More Tour Divide photos and write-ups are coming soon.

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Day 0: At the YWCA in Banff, Alberta, Canada (211 miles north of the U.S. border) before the start of the 2,711-mile race.

Day 1: Riding mostly uphill by the Canadian Rockies with fellow racer Kevin Hall (shown).

Day 2: A pleasant day through British Columbia.

Day 3: Into Montana... and snow! Hiking and pushing required.

Day 4: Through the land of fallen trees.

Day 5: Death trap -- traversing a crazy, highly exposed section of snow piled up at a 45 degree angle without an ice axe for at least half a mile.

3 Comments on “Tour Divide: 27 Days, 27 Photos”

1. On July 26th, 2008 at 2:57 am
   100 KM » Blog Archive » Cycling Links for July 25 said:
   

   […] FelixWong.com & Tour Divide: 27 Days, 27 Photos […]

2. On July 28th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
   julie said:
   

   Beautiful photos, Felix! I especially love the shots of Day 12 and Day 15. What beautiful country… now I have to add a bunch of stuff to my “Places I Must Visit” list.

3. On August 2nd, 2008 at 9:54 pm
   Dave said:
   

   Felix,

   I followed your race on MTBcast. My helmet is off to you! All the crap you went through and you continued on.

   going to try it again?

   Dave

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