I figured considering it would have been a 25mph avg
JimVreeland: Fat Pursuit: Watch the dot
- Thread starter Patrick
- Start date
Mountain Bike Mike
Well-Known Member
Well since Jim ef'd his tracker, this thread is pointless. Damn it!
ktmrider
Well-Known Member
Agreed ! Dam hope he is ok
https://www.facebook.com/fatpursuit/posts/608244215967117?comment_id=608254552632750
bummer. Hope he is okay and gets warm soon.
bummer. Hope he is okay and gets warm soon.
PRus
Active Member
Rdoonz
Well-Known Member
The conditions as described are just ungodly. It must be an unbelievably difficult decision to bail on a race like this after all the time and effort to prepare and just get to the starting line. But given the choice between not finishing and not living....well there really is no choice at all, live to ride another day.
Mad respect to everyone that toed the starting line and gave it their best
Rdoonz
Well-Known Member
For all concerned parties....a pic of Jim V with Jay P. Looks like he's in good spirits.
https://www.facebook.com/fatpursuit...0.1483817871./608343075957231/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/fatpursuit...0.1483817871./608343075957231/?type=3&theater
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Thanks for following along. It was absolutely brutal. Overnight was -40 degrees actual temp, it shut many people down pretty early on. I pushed through the night, hoping it would get betyer. Wore every piece of clothing I owned out there!! I fell asleep on the bike and crashed. Tried to Bivy but my setup isn't designed for those temps.
I made it basically to CP1 but made a left towards the lodge instead. JayP actually sent people out on snowmobiles to rescue those in need. He thought I was dead after my Spot fritzed out.
Got to the lodge at Noon. 17 hours to cover 80 miles. All of my electronics froze and died so I have no pics. My Garmin of all things made it though. WTF?
Will write a tale of woes for my thread.
PS. The candy was something we had to get to prove we hiked down to Mesa Falls. Another reason my tracker was stopped.
I made it basically to CP1 but made a left towards the lodge instead. JayP actually sent people out on snowmobiles to rescue those in need. He thought I was dead after my Spot fritzed out.
Got to the lodge at Noon. 17 hours to cover 80 miles. All of my electronics froze and died so I have no pics. My Garmin of all things made it though. WTF?
Will write a tale of woes for my thread.
PS. The candy was something we had to get to prove we hiked down to Mesa Falls. Another reason my tracker was stopped.
Mountain Bike Mike
Well-Known Member
Glad you're not dead.
A+ for not getting dead. Looking forward to the details
A+ for not getting dead. Looking forward to the details
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Honestly, with those overnight temps we're just glad you're making it back to us.....
oobaa47
Well-Known Member
Good to hear you're alright, that was rather stressful.....And to think, I just did a quick spin in one inch of snow while it was 20 degrees out, probably the coldest I've ever ridden in, lol........which was 60 degrees warmer than your epic ride!!!!! I can't even comprehend what it must be like in those temperatures.......
bigW
Well-Known Member
Having all your fingers and toes is good news as well. F'ing sick conditions.
Johnny Utah
Well-Known Member
Dude. Unreal, props for making it through the night!
quoted just because.
glad to hear you're back. temps like that are the kind of conditions that claim fingers and toes quickly. glad you made it out in one piece.