Two Mates, Two Bikes, & 2800 Miles to Mexico : Day 37

Trip Overview

This blog will follow two totally inexperienced bikepackers, Geoff and Cam, and their journey from Banff to Mexico via the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. The route follows the Continental Divide, exposing riders to high altitude, diverse wildlife, and solitude. To learn more about the route, check this out. Randy will be the official bookie so get in touch with him if you'd like to place a wager on how far we will actually make it.

In the mean time, you can track our progress here thanks to our SPOT device.

This will be a site where we will try our best to post some pictures and stories along the way. Happy reading!

Sunday 17 August 2014

Day 37 - Salida to Sargents

This morning was better than Christmas morning. After eating three pouches of oatmeal every morning for 40 days or so, your body tends to reject it. Oatmeal mornings had turned into a real struggle for us. This morning we instead cooked real eggs, real sausage, and real English muffins (to Sofiane's dismay). After a heart breakfast and running some small errands, we were ready to ride. As we were climbing the foothill to the pass, we were warned of the flash flood warnings in effect yet again. Big storm systems coming in from Utah... We decided to just attack the pass anyway knowing that there was a cabin on top for through hikers. Thankfully the weather turned out to be reasonable as we climbed the mountain. We crested the beast and in true Colorado style we treated ourselves yet another ~3000 ft, 12 mile descent. Halfway down this descent the skies opened up and we started to get soaked. We pedaled as fast as we could into the town of Sargents where we camped out for the night.

Getting some advice from local biker babes

not sure

Lunch!

This cabin is atop the pass and welcomes bikers/snowmobilers/adventurers to stay the night here.

Marshall Pass

It wasn't warm

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Geoff Gerhardt

Growing up in New Brunswick, Geoff’s passion for adventure and the outdoors was firmly planted in the forests and bays of the Saint John River Vally. Over his life Geoff continued to seek adventure, sometimes close to home and sometimes farther afield. From the waves and beaches of the Outerbanks in North Carolina to the mountains of Honduras, he has continued to seek adventure, through life guarding, paddling, hiking and riding. Although biking has always been a passion from the road to the trail, this will be Geoff’s first multi-day trip.
Apart from sports and the outdoors, Geoff enjoys countless hours of Coen brother’s films and the odd Tarantino flick. Craft beers and greasy diner breakfasts are other driving forces in Geoff’s life.

Cameron Wade

Cam just finished studying Physics and playing sports at Acadia and was most recently a professional prison door installer with his friend, Scott. He likes to spend his spare time at pubs, playing QWOP, or watching countless hours of riveting TV with his sister, Grace.

After the trip, Cam will be heading off to Europe to begin his master's in Mathematics. He figures now is a great time to take off an adventure to finally eat authentic tacos and learn a thing or two about himself.

Cam also finds it difficult to write in third person and will miss his nannies.