Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Tuesday 24/5/05

From a day which was going to be pretty tough anyway it just got ridiculous. Today the plan was to climb to Brian Head at about 10300ft and come down into Cedar City, the end of this map. We found out though that the high pass was out so we would have to take the lower but longer diversion which added another 13 uphill miles onto the journey making the day 71 miles and worst of all it deprived us of an 8mile descent which was supposed to be one of the steepest grades in America. It was a long day but it ended nicely with 17 miles of downhill all the way into town, thats pretty much Coventry to the centre of Birmingham, that nearly made the climb all worth while. Heres a view from the top of one of our last big mountains. We could see for miles, but the photo doesn't do the view justice:
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Booked into a campsite which was more expensive than the last at nearly $30/night with absolutely no alternative. Mark however managed to negotiate a discount so it cost us $45 for two nights. Well C'est la vie, at least we get a day off. We are well ahead of schedule to get to San Fransisco by June 12th. Had to make a stop anyway because Marks suspension forks had lost all air pressure and we apparently needed a special pump to repressurise them, Alex also needed a new tyre as his back was pretty much worn to the inner tube and we both needed new chains.

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