Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Some HOT numbers

Just another day's numbers...

89 miles

7 hrs 20 minutes of ride time

10,400 feet of climbing

8.5 liters of fluid intake (4 liters more at home after ride)

104 degrees F with a blast furnace like wind...

The burnt climb up George Creek...










It looked like the whole country side had burned up recently...a lone tree survived here...


Aahhhh...pure clean water...the essence of life on a day like this...This is Seven Sisters Spring - It's the first time I've been to this well hidden spring. The water is cold and tastes great!









The profile...the first rather steep pitch is the George Creek grade (a real grunt). The ride tops out at just over 6100 feet. Lots of steep ups and downs along the way which overall adds about 4000 more feet.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just rode the George creek grade for the first time last night....Wowser it is a steep sob. Great views from the top...hey where is the spring?

Doug