Tour Divide: 27 Days, 27 Photos
Jul 23rd, 2008 (Wed)
One of the great days: riding over Boreas Pass in Summit County, Colorado and into South Park.
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 2,700-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. Between Days 4 & 5, I had to dismount about 100 times for them. | 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. |
Due to the large number of photos, only the first 6 of 30 are shown. View all photos or play slideshow.
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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.
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
Simon Kennett said:
I just stumbled across your photos, Felix. Very fun viewing. Well done!
I often wondered what happened to you in the Hila - I got some pie in that cafe you photographed (they were inside baking for another rider who never showed up) but it was a long hall to Silver City from there. That was nasty weather in the Hila - very scary lightning! By the looks of it, I was very lucky to get out of Silver City before the rain the next day.
Pedal on.
Simon