A day late posting, hotel internet was out:
Today was a big day – over 8 hours in the saddle and over 7000 feet of climbing – nearly 6000 feet net from bottom to top of the main climb over the BigHorns. I think that’s much harder than 6 climbs of 1000 feet each. Feels that way to me.
The Bighorns are pretty spectacular – big views, sharply cut canyons, spectacular folded layers of limestone. And the summit ridge is a broad, green meadow full of spectacular flowers. Well worth the visit.
Although this was a big day, I felt like lead compared to similar days in the past: I’m getting a feel for how much tougher it is to ride a lot day after day after day.
In the picture of the distant mountains, you can see our road diagonaling across the face of the mountains, and in the shot looking down, you'll see the road coming up through the notch. It's one of the all time great climbs.
Remarkably, though this was an all uphill, then all downhill day – at the end of the day, the averages are all in approximately the same range.
196 km/120 miles in 8.4 hours in the saddle, average of 23.3 km/hr = 14 MPH. Av pulse 99, power 138 watts. Climbing 7487 feet total.
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