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  Riding The Continental Divide by Mountain Bike August 2022   “It’s not the ordinary things you do that defines your life, it’s the extraordinary.”   Trip Overview:   Stu Markey contacted me in the winter of 2022 all excited to ride his bike down the Continental Divide (Part 2 Helena MT to Jackson WY)   Being of sound mind and sober thinking, I did not say ‘yes’ until late May 2022.   So just to be clear, for “fun” the idea is to load everything we needed to survive for 500 miles onto our mountain bikes and pedal the bike up and over all the highest mountains in the USA.   The Continental Divide Trail is touted as the longest trail in all the USA spanning from Canada to the Mexican borders.   If you have a short attention span, you can read the next part of what actually transpired.   The longer journal is chronicled below the stats section.     The Stat’s Here's the results of the trip if you're a numbers guy ...

  Riding The Continental Divide by Mountain Bike August 2023 “"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. I have spent most of my life worrying about things that have never happened.” Mark Twain     Day zero Alas, they killed off my hero, James Bond in his last movie. Bond’s eulogy is a fitting counterbalance to Twain’s quip on worry, “The function of a man is to live, not to try to preserve his existence “ Jack London What is it in our creature that despite our longing for new illustrious experiences, we belabor ourselves with preparing for future calamities with unknown consequences?   I was no different in the days leading up to this ride, wracking my brain with the possibilities not of seeing Wyoming’s beauty but solely of what could go wrong. Via 2023’s ultimate source of information aka YouTube, we became aware of a few particular miseries that could befall us.   1. A 220 mile stretch called “The ...