Eureka
16 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Day 4 Comments
16 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Whitefish pass
17 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Seen some large snow drifts on the pass. Next pass I am told is more than likely going to have snow.
Red Meadow pass
17 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
I was expecting snow but there has been none. Some beautiful lakes on the way.
Whitefish
17 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Day 5 comments
17 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Cyclist only camping
18 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Ferndale
18 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Top of unnamed pass
18 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Day 6 comments
18 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Cowboys
19 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Ovando
19 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Day 7 Comments
19 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Chats with Yolande
20 czerwca 2019, Afryka Południowa ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
1000 km
20 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Lincoln, steakhouse
20 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Crossing the CDT (hiking trail)
20 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Day 8 comments
20 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Day 9 comments
21 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Campground
22 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Wild Camping
22 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Chats with Yolande
23 czerwca 2019, Afryka Południowa ⋅ ☀️ 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 - Czytaj więcej
Day 10 comments
23 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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. Czytaj więcej
Fleecer ridge
23 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
An iconic section of the Tour Divide. Very steep and slippery.
Wise River
23 czerwca 2019, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 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 Czytaj więcej












































































































We are so impressed by you. Keep going. You are through the worst.