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135: Tour Divide: 2,716 Miles of Grit, Self-Discovery, and Unexpected Kindness with Cary Hayes
A month alone on a bike will tell you the truth about your limits. Our guest, Carrie Hayes, just finished the Tour Divide, the legendary ultra endurance bikepacking race that follows the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Banff, Alberta all the way to the US Mexico border. His final tally is staggering: 2,716 miles with 172,000 feet of climbing in 27 and a half days, often riding 100 plus miles a day through remote stretches of Canada, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
We talk about what you cannot learn from a spreadsheet: the day one shock of cold rain and isolation, the…
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