Due to gear issues I have yet to hit the trail. This happens when you decided to make your own panniers and bike racks, doing this is much cheaper but has its trade off in difficulty. Not to fret though, I have everything all up and running with time tomorrow for final tweaks and testing. So if all goes without failure then I'll be on the trail Aug 1
I woke up this morning with some radiating pain in my ankle, it is usually bad right when I wake up but today was the worst it felt in several weeks. Happily it did not persist and I am moving around like normal.
I did have a little surprise today, when my brother came home he gave me a SPOT tracker. This will give a live feed on my progress (SPOT's website only does a seven day history though). I sent off and email to trackleaders.com which can store all the way points I want (site was created by two Tour Divide racers). Hopefully I will get in contact with them before I head out.
I'll have some pictures of the bike with all my gear tomorrow.
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I am so happy that Spot is going along on your journey. I feel like this will be a great benefit to all! I'm sure you don't even mention that your mom purchased you a bear bell! As I believe that it will be your second best piece of equipment that you could take with you. Maybe I should just sew it onto your forehead!!!
ReplyDeleteTake good care of your ankle! The bike looks VERY heavy! August 1st, New Moon and Lughnassa, a time to harvest your dream! Happy Trails!
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