Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:29 am I'm informed that Dave has encountered some snow - obviously mixed with very very sunny intervals.

wriggles wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 11:58 am Looks like Sofiane has had an issue trying to get over the pass above Brush Mountain Lodge. Navigation in snow in the dark? His tracker shows he missed the path and is now retreating back.



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Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:41 am My ex father on law always used to say "only boring people get bored". How true it is, I don't know but maybe it kind of goes hand in hand with

Boredom is mostly a reflection of your state of mind rather than objective truth of something?

whitestone wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:13 am Possibly (for Brits) it's that the landscape is so massive. We are used to the whole scenery, fauna and flora changing almost hour by hour when moving around but the States (and most continental areas for that matter) aren't like that.

I wouldn't say that's apt for Alex tbf.

jameso wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:01 pm SS just posted: It's all right. I got lost at the top of the col in the middle of the night. Can't find the way in the snow. I had to turn around because the temperature fell under the-5 degrees and that I'm not equipped to face these temperatures.
Via FB.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:16 pm

I wouldn't say that's apt for Alex tbf.

No, didn't mean to infer that at all. Simply a comment relating to boredom.

Doug Folk on his rookie tour. Day 1 and 2 went well for him, he camped the first night at the base of Koko claims, and night 2 was in Fernie. He and 2 other guys decided to push on late into night three and were doing pretty well up til they got to 'the wall'. While the three of them were working to shuttle their bikes up, Doug fell on his back (he was carrying his bearspray in a jersey pocket) and unknown to him he knocked the safety off.

Once they finally got to the top, he leaned on his bike and fired the spray into his back. I can't even imagine what the shock of that moment must have been like. In the process of getting his jacket, jersey and baselayer off, he smeared the spray across his back and back of his arms, and of course on his hands. I'm not sure at while mile this was, but I know it very early in the morning (1 or 2?).

Fortunately, the burns turned out to be almost all 1st degree, though he did later mention have a couple of blisters.

He couldn't stand to have anything touching his back, so he pushed on shirtless, and of course it was raining, so now the spray got to flow down his back into his chamois! He pushed on all the way to Eureka and got in there at around 5AM. He suffered through the burning in town for a day and tried to clean up his bike and gear (or threw away what he couldn't salvage). He got on the road the following day and is now making steady progress at the back of the pack.

He has a saying that I greatly relished saying back to him when he told me this story:
"If you are going to be stupid, you better be tough!"

I wouldn't necessarily say he's stupid, but holy hell is he tough.

whitestone wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:03 pm Just copying this from bikepacking.net

Doug Folk on his rookie tour. Day 1 and 2 went well for him, he camped the first night at the base of Koko claims, and night 2 was in Fernie. He and 2 other guys decided to push on late into night three and were doing pretty well up til they got to 'the wall'. While the three of them were working to shuttle their bikes up, Doug fell on his back (he was carrying his bearspray in a jersey pocket) and unknown to him he knocked the safety off.

Once they finally got to the top, he leaned on his bike and fired the spray into his back. I can't even imagine what the shock of that moment must have been like. In the process of getting his jacket, jersey and baselayer off, he smeared the spray across his back and back of his arms, and of course on his hands. I'm not sure at while mile this was, but I know it very early in the morning (1 or 2?).

Fortunately, the burns turned out to be almost all 1st degree, though he did later mention have a couple of blisters.

He couldn't stand to have anything touching his back, so he pushed on shirtless, and of course it was raining, so now the spray got to flow down his back into his chamois! He pushed on all the way to Eureka and got in there at around 5AM. He suffered through the burning in town for a day and tried to clean up his bike and gear (or threw away what he couldn't salvage). He got on the road the following day and is now making steady progress at the back of the pack.

He has a saying that I greatly relished saying back to him when he told me this story:
"If you are going to be stupid, you better be tough!"

I wouldn't necessarily say he's stupid, but holy hell is he tough.

What the hell do they put in bear spray?

were doing pretty well up til they got to 'the wall'. While the three of them were working to shuttle their bikes up

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 6:28 pm Here's a film for ya that you might not have seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlrDqnK ... IC84IOEIdg

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:43 pm

were doing pretty well up til they got to 'the wall'. While the three of them were working to shuttle their bikes up

What does this mean? What is "the wall" and, if they were helping each other, is this not against the rules?

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:57 pm

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:43 pm

were doing pretty well up til they got to 'the wall'. While the three of them were working to shuttle their bikes up

What does this mean? What is "the wall" and, if they were helping each other, is this not against the rules?

It seems you've your dose of testosterone