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- Dag 9
- zondag 16 juni 2019 om 17:08
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 796 m
Verenigde StatenMills Spring48°54’6” N 115°3’22” W
Eureka
16 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
I've made it to Eureka. I stopped at the first bar/salon I got to for lunch and had, sausages and chicken for lunch, along with a few big cups of Diet Coke.
I've got about 40 km to the targetMeer informatie
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- Dag 9
- zondag 16 juni 2019
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 873 m
- Verenigde StatenCostich Lake48°52’44” N 115°0’33” W
Day 4 Comments
16 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
My first day in the USA. Strange to think that 49 years ago I was also in the USA.....
Felt like my first proper day of riding. No real problems. Stopped early to do some fixes - dynamo cable hadMeer informatie
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- Dag 10
- maandag 17 juni 2019 om 08:58
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Hoogte: 1.604 m
- Verenigde StatenBald Mountain48°55’26” N 114°42’46” W
Whitefish pass
17 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Seen some large snow drifts on the pass. Next pass I am told is more than likely going to have snow.
Nem Stewart: William - you are crazy amazing! The landscape photos are beautiful. Keep enjoying yourself and moving forward.
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- Dag 10
- maandag 17 juni 2019 om 14:36
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 1.696 m
- Verenigde StatenRed Meadow48°45’4” N 114°34’20” W
Red Meadow pass
17 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
I was expecting snow but there has been none. Some beautiful lakes on the way.
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- Dag 10
- maandag 17 juni 2019 om 18:18
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Hoogte: 922 m
- Verenigde StatenMountain Trails Park48°25’27” N 114°20’25” W
Whitefish
17 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
I felt slow all day, one by one people passed me and I didn't see them again. I saw some snow on the first pass but just on the side of the road. Red meadow pass normally has snow but was clear thisMeer informatie
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- Dag 10
- maandag 17 juni 2019
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 922 m
- Verenigde Staten29N20W22BA__01 Well48°16’8” N 114°8’35” W
Day 5 comments
17 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Good day today, slow and steady. Had some knee pain for the first few hours, meant lots of pushing up hills. Apparantly the area between Eureka and Whitefish has the highest population of grizzlies inMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 18 juni 2019 om 06:24
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Hoogte: 1.233 m
- Verenigde Staten19N16W03ABCD01 Well47°26’43” N 113°36’60” W
Cyclist only camping
18 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
An old couple has opened their lawn to any cyclists who want to camp. They also provided a stove for heating water and cans of soda :)
We asked them about bears and in 20 years they had only seen 1Meer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 18 juni 2019 om 09:44
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 928 m
- Verenigde Staten26N19W03BCCA01 Well48°2’53” N 114°0’25” W
Ferndale
18 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Ferndale, Montana, USA not Ferndale, Gauteng, South Africa which is where I live.
I had a quick stop at convenience store for more food. Overall I'm feeling good today, knees are still a littleMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 18 juni 2019 om 13:05
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 1.510 m
- Verenigde StatenPolson District47°56’42” N 113°56’34” W
Top of unnamed pass
18 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
I've been having stomach cramps all morning. Either too much fizzy drinks (3 soda fountain and 2 Izzys *) yesterday or the iced coffee I bought this morning was the problem.
* Izzy is like AppletiserMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 18 juni 2019 om 23:26
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Hoogte: 1.238 m
- Verenigde Staten19N16W03ABCD01 Well47°26’44” N 113°37’0” W
Day 6 comments
18 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Really hard day today. Stomach cramps and dioreah all day. It ended up just being a slow slog all day. I wonder if the "Diet Coke" I had yesterday wasn't maybe normal Coke with lots of sugar.
CampedMeer informatie
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 19 juni 2019 om 14:30 UTC
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Hoogte: 2.255 m
- Verenigde StatenTown of Dixon41°19’52” N 107°23’46” W
Cowboys
19 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
The Great Basin seems to be a great spot for sheep farming but I've only just seen sheep. I first saw the cowboy on the horizon. When I reached them I saw they were herding sheep.
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 19 juni 2019 om 17:14
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 1.245 m
- Verenigde StatenBlackfoot Church47°1’12” N 113°7’56” W
Ovando
19 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I've read and heard a lot about how cycle friendly ovando is. I've been looking forward to arriving here. Started with 3 hotdogs and a container of grapes. Made me feel a whole lot better.
Decided onMeer informatie
ReizigerRest up so that you are ready for the next stage. Looks like a couple of large climbs ahead in the next 100 miles or so.
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 19 juni 2019
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 1.237 m
- Verenigde Staten15N12W33BBBA02 Well47°1’21” N 113°8’8” W
Day 7 Comments
19 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
An exciting day for me. I've been very excited to see Ovando after hearing so much about it. When I got there I was very tired and chose to make it a bit of a rest afternoon. I took it peacefully butMeer informatie
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- Dag 13
- donderdag 20 juni 2019 om 08:34
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Hoogte: 1.739 m
Zuid-AfrikaRosettenville26°13’51” S 28°3’30” E
Chats with Yolande
20 juni 2019, Zuid-Afrika ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
2019/06/21, 08:34 - Yolande Cairns: ❤ You did well today. Made Helena
2019/06/21, 08:36 - William: Long day it's now 00:30
2019/06/21, 08:37 - Yolande Cairns: Sjoe. You staying up late. At least youMeer informatie
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- Dag 13
- donderdag 20 juni 2019 om 11:12
- ⛅ 5 °C
- Hoogte: 1.666 m
- Verenigde StatenReservoir Lake47°1’40” N 112°47’32” W
1000 km
20 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
So I've made it to the 1000km mark. My cycle computer shows: Moving time of 76:43, and Total time of 173hr
I managed to ride up Huckleberry pass earlier today. I think that was the first pass I rodeMeer informatie
Bev: Well done so far William. I admire your grit. The scenery is amazing. Grampa and Granny would have been so proud of what you are doing. Lots of love.
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- Dag 13
- donderdag 20 juni 2019 om 12:24
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Hoogte: 1.392 m
- Verenigde Staten14N09W24BAD_01 Well46°57’20” N 112°40’49” W
Lincoln, steakhouse
20 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Good ride all the way to Lincoln. Started very cold so had warm clothes on. Within 10km I changed to my normal riding gear, it was still cold but I was no longer overheating. But within the next 10kmMeer informatie
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- Dag 13
- donderdag 20 juni 2019 om 16:17
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Hoogte: 2.041 m
- Verenigde StatenLewis and Clark County46°50’54” N 112°28’51” W
Crossing the CDT (hiking trail)
20 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Before I thought of doing the Tour Divide I wanted to do one of the long hiking trails. The Continental Divide Trail is one of the three hiking trails making up the triple crown of hiking. (The otherMeer informatie
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- Dag 13
- donderdag 20 juni 2019
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Hoogte: 1.217 m
- Verenigde Staten10N03W28CCCC01 Well46°35’33” N 112°0’5” W
Day 8 comments
20 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
After a good rest in Ovando I set myself the target of reaching Helena. I felt good and managed to ride up the first pass. I saw only 4 riders the whole day. It turned into a very long day with meMeer informatie
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- Dag 14
- vrijdag 21 juni 2019
- ☁️ 5 °C
- Hoogte: 1.946 m
- Verenigde StatenOlson Gulch46°8’58” N 112°28’28” W
Day 9 comments
21 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
What a difficult time I had today. Yesterday's long ride destroyed my legs. I could honestly not cycle any hills :( so I probably pushed my bike 40km uphill today. I even pushed my bike through a snowMeer informatie
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- Dag 15
- zaterdag 22 juni 2019 om 08:08
- ☁️ 4 °C
- Hoogte: 1.965 m
- Verenigde StatenSwede Gulch46°9’11” N 112°28’9” W
Campground
22 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
This morning I got chased out by the guy opening the picnic area gate :). Last night I really tried to make it to a camp ground but after what felt like (and was) hours of riding slowly and pushing IMeer informatie
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- Dag 15
- zaterdag 22 juni 2019 om 20:05
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Hoogte: 2.154 m
- Verenigde StatenButte-Silver Bow45°49’33” N 112°37’23” W
Wild Camping
22 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Stopped early to sleep. Again I was slowly pushing my bike for much of the day and just wanted to rest. It was very peaceful sitting in my tent and looking out over the valley.
I do admit to beingMeer informatie
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- Dag 16
- zondag 23 juni 2019 om 14:01
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Hoogte: 1.739 m
- Zuid-AfrikaRosettenville26°13’51” S 28°3’30” E
Chats with Yolande
23 juni 2019, Zuid-Afrika ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
2019/06/23, 14:01 - William: Lying in sleeping bag in middle of nowhere
2019/06/23, 14:01 - William: About to make breakfast and get going
2019/06/23, 14:01 - William: 😍
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- Dag 16
- zondag 23 juni 2019 om 06:18
- ⛅ 1 °C
- Hoogte: 2.156 m
- Verenigde StatenButte-Silver Bow45°49’32” N 112°37’24” W
Day 10 comments
23 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Ive arrived in Butte and with the gears still making a noice went to find the local bike shop. Only 1 is marked on my maps. Unfortunatly the bike shop was closed. I think Butte is bigger than Helena.Meer informatie
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- Dag 16
- zondag 23 juni 2019 om 10:27
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Hoogte: 2.365 m
- Verenigde StatenFleecer Ridge45°51’32” N 112°49’25” W
Fleecer ridge
23 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
An iconic section of the Tour Divide. Very steep and slippery.
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- Dag 16
- zondag 23 juni 2019 om 12:10
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Hoogte: 1.726 m
- Verenigde StatenKeystone Gulch45°47’29” N 112°57’1” W
Wise River
23 juni 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Stopped at the mercantile to get more food. Should be enough to cover next few days.
Stopping for a hamburger and fries
It's 64km on tar to my tonight stop. My brother Pete says hell pay for a hotelMeer informatie
We are so impressed by you. Keep going. You are through the worst.