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Final missive of three incredible years!

Reflections So how does one summarise the most incredible experience of a lifetime? It’s as impossible as the adventure itself! I have been on the road for the best part of three years, with minor health interruptions! I’ve had the opportunity to ride Bob in 5...

Job Done

Video Update - Final Miles...Well as many of you know, my final days ride in to Banff was washed out, and so I was determined to finish off the Divide as I had intended….on the Divide. It was a matter of finding the right time when it wasn’t raining! Since I arrived...

Fernie to… Banff (almost!)

So here we are….(nearly….see below) at the end of an incredible adventure. The last section of the Divide is a steady uphill drag from Fernie to Banff, with the last bit downhill…some sort of perverse reward for the near 200,000ft of climbing up to that point! I left...

Running on fumes to Colorado-Wyoming border

So the stay in Steamboat was really lovely and much needed in terms of rest and recovery, tho by last night I still hadn’t eaten a decent meal and despite being hungry, the thought of food was unpalatable. So it was bland cereal and toast again for tea….and breakfast...

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Zero power day towards Steamboat

So……to continue the hideous night of vomit and other body expulsions! I got out of my tent around 4:45 and promptly vomited! It wasn’t looking too good. The lads were both up and decamping, but I was struggling to just move! But bit by bit I got things together and...

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Is there a top to this bloody climb

Our perfect campsite after a very tough day.The campsite at Kremmling wasn’t too bad but gee the temperature dropped to 2 degrees this morning so it was a damn cold start to the day! Given our proximity to the town none of us could be bothered to fire up a cooker so...

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Listening to my body!

Stunning climb up Ute Pass this morningI had a great nights sleep at the hostel Jake and I were staying in, tho I was acutely aware of an internal niggle all night, a sense of dis-ease at the journey ahead. The last few days had really tested me mentally and...

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Crushed

My dear friend Corrine put this montage together to remind me of my journey from relearning to walk to riding the Divide….thank you 🙏🏻 After a pretty crap night due to torrential rain, thunder and lightning….leading to a leaking tent….we both decamped and headed to...

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Up and Over

Today we awoke to another glorious summer morning in Salida after a pretty good nights sleep. My body clearly has me dialled in to awake at 05:30 no matter what situation or where I am. Today we a bit of a ‘gulp’ day. We knew we had one of the toughest starts on the...

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