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I had camped pretty low on the climb so the first miles this morning were up and up. The road was in pretty good condition. I saw lots of atvs and side by sides and while annoying they didn't really bother me too much. I had abundant clear streams every so often and finally I stopped at one and got some terrific cold water.
Eventually I climbed up to well above 10000 feet and I decided to stop at the top and admire the views while eating something. There was a truck sitting there idling, full of kids. A woman stood off to the side on the phone. Probably drove up here for service. I figured they wouldn't stay long but it took 10 minutes, which included a long and loud scolding of the kids from the phone woman. They left and I hoped to have clean and quiet air. But then a side by side pulled up and sat there idling for another 5 minutes. On the way up the climb near one of the reservoirs I passed two stopped trucks with people standing outside looking around. The trucks were idling faithfully in vain. The whole area smelled like diesel exhaust as I rode through. Imagine travelling all the way out here to experience the clean mountain air only to spend the entire time huffing your tailpipe. There is nothing on this earth that I despise more than a needlessly idling vehicle fouling up the air for everyone around. Even more so in such a pristine environment.
I pushed on hoping for a descent, and I did, but not far. I met up with my route at a campground at 10k feet where on the road near were teenagers on a dirt bike and atv racing each other side by side. I rode on and not far I encountered a sheep herd, and two herding dogs. It was a very nice change of pace from all the cattle.
The road climbed up even higher than where I had eaten lunch. I quickly double-checked my route and sure enough, this was the last time I would be above 10k feet. I said my goodbyes to the clean air and wildflowers and began a descent than never could gain any momentum. I kept having to climb up and down. Eventually I dropped to 7300ft and turned onto an ATV trail road that was pretty rough from mud ruts, that climbed steeply back to 8500.
And then I dropped steeply down a rocky and winding road to I-70 again(I rode beside the interstate today thankfully) where I really hoped to find water in Salina creek. Sure enough it had plenty of good, clear flow and I was able to fill up my bottles. I also went ahead and cooked a meal here while I was filtering. Mostly cooked. Ran out of fuel but it kinda works out as the nearby town tomorrow morning is Richfield which has a Walmart.
I really felt a lot better after drinking a bunch of water and eating my meal. I was all set to do the next two climbs and then camp. But after the first I was pooped. Much more than 100 feet of climbing per mile today and lots of rough descending. It was a tough but good day.
By: | WTR4 |
Started in: | Emery County, UT, US |
Distance: | 71,9 mi. |
Selected: | 71,9 mi. |
Elevation: | + 8996 / - 7682 ft |
Moving Time: | 07:57:30 |
Gear: | 2020 Lynskey GR300 |
Page Views: | 41 |
Departed: | 23 jul 2021 06:48 |
Starts in: | Emery County, UT, US |
Distance: | 71,9 mi. |
Selected distance: | 71,9 mi. |
Elevation: | + 8996 / - 7682 ft |
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Total Duration: | 12:24:12 |
Selection Duration: | 44652 |
Moving Time: | 07:57:30 |
Selection Moving Time: | 07:57:30 |
Stopped Time: | 04:26:42 |
Calories: | 4086 |
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Avg Watts: | 143 |
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Max Speed: | 31,3 mph |
Avg Speed: | 9,0 mph |
Pace: | 00:10:20 |
Moving Pace: | 00:06:38 |
Max HR: | 137 bpm |
Min HR: | 68 bpm |
Avg HR: | 107 bpm |
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Zone 1: | 2 Uren 38 minuten |
Zone 2: | 5 minuten |
Zone 3: | 0 minuten |
Zone 4: | 0 minuten |
Zone 5: | 0 minuten |
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