Thursday, July 26, 2007

Our Plan

We (Jim Y and Amy L) will begin our ride on August 5 in Banff. Our friend Rickson will join us for the first two weeks, after that we will be on our own. We are planning to take about 10 weeks to complete the journey from Banff to Antelope Wells. That's an average 40 miles and 3000' gain per day. A racing pace on this route is 100 miles per day. The record pace is 160+ miles per day - YIKES. We are not trying to go fast. Our goal is to stay healthy, enjoy the riding, see parts of the country we haven't seen, and hopefully make it to Antelope Wells.

In many ways, this will be a new experience for us. We have taken many 4-5 week hikes or overseas birding trips together, but 10 weeks will be a new experience. We both have decades of back-country hiking experience, and we spend many nights per year in the tent, so that aspect of the trip will not be new. I (Amy) have taken four self-supported bike trips, but all when I was a teen-ager several decades ago. Up until a couple months ago, neither of us had done any mountain biking.

We will stop at occasional libraries to check email and post updates to the blog. Stay tuned.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I'm jealous! Have fun!

Christine said...

It sounds magnificent. Have a great time! Love, Your Big Sis

Ron G. said...

I wanna go toooo. Good luck and take care

Unknown said...

Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!