2006 Great Divide Ride (Day 4) Island Park to Pinedale

Contributer: gpskevin (07-27-2006)
Distance: 263 mi.

In the morning Charlie's bike started leaking Gas after only a couple of miles. 4 of us decided to head back to the support truck and try to fix it. The first attempt failed and the second was also unsuccessful. So after two hours Charlie decided to take the backup Kawasaki. And we were off. The ride started on another old train track bed and for 40 miles it was awesome. There were lots of bridges and another tunnel. We me some retired mountain bikers on this section. They were traveling to Mexico and had been riding 40 days (we did this section in 4). They figured that it would take them 120 days. They had a great attitude and were enjoying them self.
Later in the day I did have a learning experience. First I want you to know that you have not lived life fully until you have been chased by a Grizzly Bear. I learned that a Grizzly Bear can go from 0 to 40mph in 2 seconds. And I also know that a BMW can go from 0 to 60mph in 3.2 seconds. You do the math, check out the picture.

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Note: Original GPX from Contributer contains all tracks, routes, and waypoint in 2006 Great Divide Ride (available in download option).

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