Tour Divide: 27 Days, 27 Photos

Jul 23rd, 2008 (Wed)
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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 in the links at the right.

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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.
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Day 1: Riding mostly uphill by the Canadian Rockies with fellow racer Kevin Hall (shown).
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Day 2: A pleasant day through British Columbia.
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Day 3: Into Montana... and snow! Hiking and pushing required.
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Day 4: Through the land of fallen trees. Between Days 4 & 5, I had to dismount about 100 times for them.
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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.

5 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

  4. On April 14th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
    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

  5. On June 10th, 2010 at 7:03 am
    Guide to the Divide | Epic Riding | Grizzly Adam said:

    [...] 27 Days, 27 Photos The Way of the Mountain Turtle A Long Way From Home Iron Riders: Fort Missoula Bicycle Corps. 2007 Photo Gallery from Aaron Teasdale And many more articles and rider reports. [...]

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