[HN Gopher] An autumn bike adventure down the US portion of the ...
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An autumn bike adventure down the US portion of the Eastern Divide
Trail
Author : kaycebasques
Score : 96 points
Date : 2025-01-06 18:50 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.crazyguyonabike.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.crazyguyonabike.com)
| pjs_ wrote:
| Great website and great use of time on earth
| hackingonempty wrote:
| Bikepacking: like backpacking but on a bike. You ride dirt roads
| and easy trails away from cars, carrying your food, water, warm
| clothes, camping gear, etc... in bags mounted on your frame.
|
| The format is also used for races, you ride as quickly as
| possible and can only rely on commercial services available to
| all for resupply and lodging, no prearranged or private support.
| femiagbabiaka wrote:
| Doing the Great Divide trail is high up on my bucket list.
| UI_at_80x24 wrote:
| CGoaB is a fantastic resource. It contains great stories,
| resources, and life lessons. Highly recommend.
|
| I've gone on small trips myself (weekend length) and have kept my
| trips under 100km. My eventual goal is to ride from the Great
| Lakes region (of N.America) to the Yucatan Peninsula of C.
| America.
|
| I ride a recumbent. I camp in a hammock. Of course I use Linux.
| =)
| aziaziazi wrote:
| Wonder what model do you ride ? Any ressources to learn about
| those bikes ?
| jkaptur wrote:
| > I ride a recumbent. I camp in a hammock. Of course I use
| Linux. =)
|
| Beard? :)>
| stevage wrote:
| That rider took 77 days. Each year there is a race along
| basically the same route, Canadian border to Mexico border. The
| current race record is around 13 days.
| flowingfocus wrote:
| Ultra-endurance cycling like the race you mentioned is
| fascinating. I once met a few contestants in a European bike
| race and drove alongside one. He said the best in the field
| sleep around 4 hours per night and do 500+ km per day.
| limaoscarjuliet wrote:
| There is also RAAM, but across the country
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Across_America
| hackingonempty wrote:
| That would be the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route and Tour
| Divide race through the Rockies. This journal follows the
| Eastern Divide trail through the Appalachians.
|
| https://bikepacking.com/eastern-divide-trail/
| jpm_sd wrote:
| When I retire I'm just going to do this all the time.
| FpUser wrote:
| One of my favorite sites. Been reading it for more than 10 years.
|
| It is very unfortunate that the owner and developer of the site
| can not make a living.
| FrustratedMonky wrote:
| Any maps? I could not find. Of the trip.
| wmitty wrote:
| OP says the US portion of eastern divide trail, which is on
| bikepacking.com :
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| https://bikepacking.com/eastern-divide-trail/
| shagie wrote:
| It would be interesting for him to do the international
| extensions next year.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Appalachian_Trai.
| ..
|
| > As of July 2020, there are widely geographically dispersed
| IAT-branded walking trails in Greenland, Iceland, Norway,
| Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Isle of
| Man, Wales, England, Spain, Portugal, and Morocco
|
| > ...
|
| > eological evidence shows that the Appalachian Mountains,
| certain mountains of Western Europe, and the Anti-Atlas range
| in North Africa are parts of the ancient Central Pangean
| Mountains, made when minor supercontinents collided to form
| the supercontinent Pangaea more than 250 million years ago.
| With the break-up of Pangaea, sections of the former range
| remained with the continents as they drifted to their present
| locations. Inspired by this evidence, the IAT has been
| extended into Western Europe and North Africa.
| RadiozRadioz wrote:
| How does one afford the time to do something like this?
| BadHumans wrote:
| You could take a sabbatical or they could be retired.
| daemonologist wrote:
| I think most commonly: have minimal responsibilities to begin
| with (no kids, pets, business to run, etc.) If those aren't an
| issue, costs are pretty minimal, and it's mainly a matter of
| the long term career and retirement savings implications of not
| working for several months - those wouldn't _stop_ you if you
| wanted to do it, they 're just a judgement call.
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| There are smaller trails you can do over a weekend if you want
| to try it out.
|
| I started out on a two day ride on a rail trail. The following
| fall then went on a 6 day rail trail ride.
| Jtsummers wrote:
| 77 days is quite a while (and assume a few more for final
| transport home), but I get 5 weeks of leave a year and can
| rollover 6 weeks from year to year, which, with weekends, would
| get me 79 days. This is not even a stellar job. Of course,
| being away from my wife (no kids yet) for 77 days might be a
| hard sell, and when we do have kids that'll be off the table
| for a while.
|
| Then you schedule the event to coincide with holidays. In the
| US, we have (depending on your employer) 3 federal holidays
| from May through July (Memorial, Juneteenth, 4th of July). 4
| for September through November but it doesn't line up well
| enough to get all 4 starting with 11 weeks off (Labor Day,
| Columbus, Veteran's, Thanksgiving). If you're willing to travel
| to get a better climate for an event, you have November-January
| which gives you Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New
| Year's, and MLK.
|
| So 3, 4, or 5 extra days on top of leave are feasible several
| times of the year (late spring/summer, fall, winter). That can
| be used to stretch your leave if you don't have enough to make
| it, or to give you a recovery week (or partial week).
|
| Or, you get enough money and have no responsibilities and just
| quit working for 2-3 months.
| randcraw wrote:
| For those whose browsers lack WebGL2 (like Brave), here's a map
| of the trail: https://keepcalmandpedalonblog.com/the-eastern-
| divide-trail-...
| chrisweekly wrote:
| Hey this reminds me of my good friend Chris Smith, who recently
| completed the Tour Divide -- a solo, unsupported 2,700 mile bike
| race from southern Canada to Mexico. He did it in 48 days --
| which would be impressive for anyone -- but the kicker is, he's
| legally blind. https://blindguybiking.org/
|
| EDIT: adding link to his youtube videos:
| https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx86K7wVysS06YQqC6Q5jiRNw...
| frereubu wrote:
| This is one of those personal sites where you fall down a rabbit
| hole. I've been reading this series of posts for quite a while
| now because it's simply but enjoyably written. He has a nice turn
| of phrase:
|
| > The let up in the weather didn't last long, though. Even though
| the forecast for the area had indicated a cloudy but rainless
| afternoon, it just started pelting down rain in buckets. There is
| nothing like a really cold, persistent rain to find the weak
| spots in your rain gear, and before long my face, chest, and feet
| were soaked and freezing. The rain turned what had been a
| mediocre day into a miserable day. It could have been worse, I
| guess, but only if it had rained snakes.
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