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Dag 9
søndag 16. juni 2019 17:08
⛅ 22 °C
Høyde: 796 m
Forente stater Mills Spring 48.90161, -115.0560548°54’6” N 115°3’22” W
Eureka
16. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 target campground. Of course it includes another 600m pass. I stopped at a supermarket to get more food for the next few days. One rider had bought a box of Oats that he was only taking a few of so I added the rest to my food bag.

I then stopped at a pizza shop for free wifi. But the pizza smelled so good I bought some!Les mer
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We are so impressed by you. Keep going. You are through the worst.
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Dag 9
søndag 16. juni 2019
⛅ 22 °C
Høyde: 873 m
Forente stater Costich Lake 48.878856, -115.00916648°52’44” N 115°0’33” W
Day 4 Comments
16. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 had snapped, one bags strap tore off and one water bottle cage came loose - I stopped at a campsite while there was still daylight and got all three problems sorted.

Was camping with a couple on their third tour. They said my speed was good for my target 28 days

I've started eating a LOT of food. Quite happy to have two meals at a time when I sit down in a restaurant.Les mer
Bill CairnsWhen were you not happy to have two meals at a restaurant? 🍴
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Dag 10
mandag 17. juni 2019 08:58
⛅ 11 °C
Høyde: 1 604 m
Forente stater Bald Mountain 48.92378, -114.7126548°55’26” N 114°42’46” W
Whitefish pass
17. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Seen some large snow drifts on the pass. Next pass I am told is more than likely going to have snow.
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Nem Stewart: William - you are crazy amazing! The landscape photos are beautiful. Keep enjoying yourself and moving forward.
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Izak Theron: Well done William. Proud of your efforts. You're doing great.
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Pearl Sikoe: All the best William, keep moving forward
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Dag 10
mandag 17. juni 2019 14:36
⛅ 18 °C
Høyde: 1 696 m
Forente stater Red Meadow 48.75108, -114.5722548°45’4” N 114°34’20” W
Red Meadow pass
17. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
I was expecting snow but there has been none. Some beautiful lakes on the way.
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ReisendeYou must be experiencing some majestic scenery on your travels :)
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Dag 10
mandag 17. juni 2019 18:18
⛅ 23 °C
Høyde: 922 m
Forente stater Mountain Trails Park 48.42406, -114.3404148°25’27” N 114°20’25” W
Whitefish
17. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 this year.

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Dag 10
mandag 17. juni 2019
☁️ 21 °C
Høyde: 922 m
Forente stater 29N20W22BA__01 Well 48.26879, -114.1431148°16’8” N 114°8’35” W
Day 5 comments
17. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 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 in the USA. (and I STILL HAVN'T see one)

Some amazing trail magic this evening with a free camping place and free juice. The couple here were tri athletes in their younger days and love supporting the Tour Divide riders as they come past.Les mer
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Dag 11
tirsdag 18. juni 2019 06:24
⛅ 11 °C
Høyde: 1 233 m
Forente stater 19N16W03ABCD01 Well 47.44534, -113.6166547°26’43” N 113°36’60” W
Cyclist only camping
18. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 1 bear from their home.

I really appreciate people that open their hearts to the riders. It's just so nice to not have to worry about finding a place to stay.Les mer
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Dag 11
tirsdag 18. juni 2019 09:44
⛅ 17 °C
Høyde: 928 m
Forente stater 26N19W03BCCA01 Well 48.04819, -114.0070348°2’53” N 114°0’25” W
Ferndale
18. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 little tender but I am cycling well.Les mer
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Dag 11
tirsdag 18. juni 2019 13:05
⛅ 18 °C
Høyde: 1 510 m
Forente stater Polson District 47.94512, -113.9427747°56’42” N 113°56’34” W
Top of unnamed pass
18. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 Appletiser just in many different flavours.Les mer
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Dag 11
tirsdag 18. juni 2019 23:26
⛅ 15 °C
Høyde: 1 238 m
Forente stater 19N16W03ABCD01 Well 47.44542, -113.6167847°26’44” N 113°37’0” W
Day 6 comments
18. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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.

Camped at Holland lake. Stopped right next to the bear box so I didn't need to move at all in the morning to get my food out.Les mer
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Reisendehope it clears up quickly and you feel back to normal :)
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Dag 12
onsdag 19. juni 2019 14:30 UTC
⛅ 10 °C
Høyde: 2 255 m
Forente stater Town of Dixon 41.331188, -107.39601941°19’52” N 107°23’46” W
Cowboys
19. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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
onsdag 19. juni 2019 17:14
⛅ 16 °C
Høyde: 1 245 m
Forente stater Blackfoot Church 47.02002, -113.1322847°1’12” N 113°7’56” W
Ovando
19. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 on a short day today to let body recover from 2 days of not feeling well.

I took a walk up to the local road house for supper. Not the greatest food but when you are hungry any food will do.

Ovando has a number of places cyclists can stay, an old wagon, a tepee and the jail. I chose to stay in the jail.Les mer
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ReisendeRest 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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ReisendeLooks like a couple of other riders are taking long breaks in Ovando also. I see that Aussie woman rider Kirra Dyer has been there for 20+ hours, hope all is good for her also. Keep up the great work, you are inspirational.
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ReisendeApparantly she has hurt her leg and is trying to rest iy
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Dag 12
onsdag 19. juni 2019
⛅ 18 °C
Høyde: 1 237 m
Forente stater 15N12W33BBBA02 Well 47.022399, -113.13548747°1’21” N 113°8’8” W
Day 7 Comments
19. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 but its amazing how quickly I wanted to get back on the bike instead of hanging around an d doing nothing.

I really loved seeing the wooden cottages built deep inside the forest. Seems like a perfect match to my dream home.Les mer
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Dag 13
torsdag 20. juni 2019 08:34
⛅ 7 °C
Høyde: 1 739 m
Sør-Afrika Rosettenville -26.2309, 28.058326°13’51” S 28°3’30” E
Chats with Yolande
20. juni 2019, Sør-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 you made your target. Where you staying?
2019/06/21, 08:38 - William: Cheapest hotel. About R1000
2019/06/21, 08:39 - William: I dropped my phone coming down the pasd
2019/06/21, 08:39 - William: Had to walk 2km back to find it
2019/06/21, 08:39 - Yolande Cairns: Sjoe. Glad you found it. Let's hope its working.
2019/06/21, 08:41 - William: Today was OK, just lloonngg
2019/06/21, 08:51 - Yolande Cairns: You made me laugh. I'd love to see the badger.
2019/06/21, 08:51 - Yolande Cairns: You better get some rest. What is your target tomorrow?
2019/06/22, 21:10 - Yolande Cairns: If you need to. Stay for the day and ride again tomorrow. Just rest the legs a bit. Massage and stretch. See if you can find something to roll out your legs like a foam roller
2019/06/22, 21:11 - William: I'll keep going, just slowly, hopefully find a place to camp early and then sleep late again
2019/06/22, 21:14 - Yolande Cairns: You are doing really well. Should keep going. Watching the race is quite fun. Person in front was way ahead of the record, but got burnout and fell back and was overtaken. Record now way ahead of every one. Except the woman. She is still ahead of her record.
2019/06/22, 21:15 - William: Lael Wilcox was planning to beat the mens record
2019/06/22, 21:20 - Yolande Cairns: She is about 7th but quite far behind the men's record.
2019/06/22, 21:16 - Yolande Cairns: You know that you are everyones hero. Just getting as far as you did is awesome. Don't throw in the towel yet. Still lots to see. You might feel better tomorrow and ready for a few more days. Are you taking your meds?
2019/06/22, 21:20 - William: I havnt had meds today yet, but have had every day so far
2019/06/22, 21:22 - Yolande Cairns: Remember also asthma pump. Will give you more energy.
2019/06/22, 21:23 - William: Yes using it more than normal already
2019/06/22, 21:24 - William: Loving my audio book
2019/06/22, 21:24 - William: Just helps when I'm tired
2019/06/22, 21:24 - Yolande Cairns: Love you lots. Take each day as it comes as they have their own challenges. You're my hero and I love you just as you are.Les mer
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Dag 13
torsdag 20. juni 2019 11:12
⛅ 5 °C
Høyde: 1 666 m
Forente stater Reservoir Lake 47.02789, -112.7923647°1’40” N 112°47’32” W
1000 km
20. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 rode from bottom to top!Les mer
ReisendeSuper impressive. How many to go? 😊
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ReisendeWoohoo😎😎
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ReisendeFantastic William!! Strong legs wished for u!
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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
torsdag 20. juni 2019 12:24
⛅ 11 °C
Høyde: 1 392 m
Forente stater 14N09W24BAD_01 Well 46.95547, -112.6801446°57’20” N 112°40’49” W
Lincoln, steakhouse
20. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 10km it started raining so I added my wind breaker and rain jacket, of course the rain then stopped.

After I reached top of the first pass I added my windproof skull cap to keep warm.

I wanted a steak but they only do that for Dinner so I settled for a steak roll. It was steak but not quite what I wanted.Les mer
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Dag 13
torsdag 20. juni 2019 16:17
☁️ 6 °C
Høyde: 2 041 m
Forente stater Lewis and Clark County 46.84834, -112.4809746°50’54” N 112°28’51” W
Crossing the CDT (hiking trail)
20. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 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 other 2 are the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail)

While the Tour Divide takes a month to do, the long hiking trails take 5-6 months for most people.Les mer
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Dag 13
torsdag 20. juni 2019
⛅ 11 °C
Høyde: 1 217 m
Forente stater 10N03W28CCCC01 Well 46.59252, -112.0012546°35’33” N 112°0’5” W
Day 8 comments
20. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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 me finally reaching a hotel in Helena at 00:30.

I managed to drop my phone on the downhill into Helena. I had to hike about 2km back up the pass before I found it.

I saw quite a lot of animals including a bear cub (I left before the mommy bear saw me) and a badger.

It was rainy and cold all day. I wore my down jacket and windproof skull cap for about half the day.Les mer
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And you did a bit over 100 miles, an awesome effort, well done.
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ReisendeIs Butte then next planned stopover?
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Bliksem 😳Regards Andre Olivier
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Dag 14
fredag 21. juni 2019
☁️ 5 °C
Høyde: 1 946 m
Forente stater Olson Gulch 46.14956, -112.474546°8’58” N 112°28’28” W
Day 9 comments
21. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 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 snow fall :). As far as I know that's the first time I've been out in snow. There was a light littering on snow on the ground.

I think I saw a mountain lion! I saw a reddish brown animal streaking accross the road, it moved like a cat. It was bigger than I expected. (not sure it was a mountain lion as I really only saw a streak of color)

I took a wrong turn today while not concentrating on my GPS. I ended up riding to the top of a mountain where there was a beautiful lake. While it wasted time at least I got some nbice views.Les mer
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Dag 15
lørdag 22. juni 2019 08:08
☁️ 4 °C
Høyde: 1 965 m
Forente stater Swede Gulch 46.15295, -112.469246°9’11” N 112°28’9” W
Campground
22. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 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 I gave up and just camped in a camp ground.

Not like I knew I wasn't supposed to be there (Last night I carried my bike over the fence as the gates were locked ;) )Les mer
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Dag 15
lørdag 22. juni 2019 20:05
☁️ 9 °C
Høyde: 2 154 m
Forente stater Butte-Silver Bow 45.82572, -112.6230845°49’33” N 112°37’23” W
Wild Camping
22. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 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 being nervous camping out like this in bear country. I certainly would not want to encounter a bear while I am sleeping so I keep my bike nearby with the bear spray.Les mer
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Dag 16
søndag 23. juni 2019 14:01
☀️ 15 °C
Høyde: 1 739 m
Sør-Afrika Rosettenville -26.2309, 28.058326°13’51” S 28°3’30” E
Chats with Yolande
23. juni 2019, Sør-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: 😍
2019/06/23, 14:11 - William: Goal for today is high country lodge near Polaris. A place known for being rider friendly
2019/06/23, 14:32 - Yolande Cairns: Nice. Enjoy. This is your happy place. Make the most of your ride. How are you feeling today
2019/06/23, 14:32 - Yolande Cairns: ❤😘🥰😍
2019/06/23, 14:32 - William: Havnt started yet so dont know
2019/06/23, 14:33 - William: If I make it to Polaris I might book in and have a bath :)
2019/06/23, 14:34 - Yolande Cairns: Sounds good. That might give you some more energy. How far is Polaris
2019/06/23, 14:34 - Yolande Cairns: Sorry near😳😉
2019/06/23, 14:34 - William: Lol
2019/06/23, 14:34 - William: 64 from wise river, all on tar
2019/06/23, 14:35 - Yolande Cairns: Cool. Are still following the route?
2019/06/23, 14:35 - William: Yes
2019/06/23, 14:35 - William: So could be half day today.
2019/06/23, 14:35 - Yolande Cairns: OK good. 🤗 That's just fine. Enjoy it.
2019/06/23, 14:36 - William: 😘
2019/06/23, 14:36 - William: Packing up now
2019/06/23, 14:36 - Yolande Cairns: Love you lots
2019/06/23, 14:37 - William: Love you tooLes mer
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Dag 16
søndag 23. juni 2019 06:18
⛅ 1 °C
Høyde: 2 156 m
Forente stater Butte-Silver Bow 45.82553, -112.6234645°49’32” N 112°37’24” W
Day 10 comments
23. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 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. I see on the map it has a Walmart and lots of other shops.

Having decided to take it a bit easier I spent a lot of time in Butte. I ate a large KFC meal, and bought extra to take along for supper. Spent an Extra half hour at Verizon to get a Sim card so I don't have to wait for wifi.

This morning I saw one of the Trail Angel water stops. There was a cooler box with bottles of water and some chocolates. I stopped and sat on the side of the road enjoying the very cold bottle of water.Les mer
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Dag 16
søndag 23. juni 2019 10:27
⛅ 8 °C
Høyde: 2 365 m
Forente stater Fleecer Ridge 45.85892, -112.823545°51’32” N 112°49’25” W
Fleecer ridge
23. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
An iconic section of the Tour Divide. Very steep and slippery.
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Dag 16
søndag 23. juni 2019 12:10
☁️ 13 °C
Høyde: 1 726 m
Forente stater Keystone Gulch 45.79135, -112.9501745°47’29” N 112°57’1” W
Wise River
23. juni 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 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 hotel night. I'll use it today :)Les mer
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ReisendeEnjoy the hotel. 😎
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Now thats a good idea, enjoy Nik
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The riding will get easier over the weeks just keep on eating Nik
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