Simon called at about 3.20 this afternoon (was just on the way out- hence the lateness in posting!). He was in Island Park, Idaho, and planned to carry on to Warm River.
The scenery has been stunning and he saw a bull moose (big!). It was about 50 feet away, but he didn't manage to get a pic.
Some of the navigation today was a bit tricky- one of the reasons he was travelling with Rainer Lenninge & David Blaine, they had both mis-placed themselves & he caught them up.
He's got a bit of a sore throat (which could possibly be due to the fact that he spent alot of the time on his aero-bars, strangely about 20 minutes after I talked to him my throat started feeling sore too....), hope it doesn't develop in to any thing else. Apart from that he sounded pretty chipper really.
He used his mp3 player for the first time today, the first track was Bolero- by the end of which he was going about 10mph faster.
He hoped to be in Wyoming by tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
All the audio so far
MP3s of Simon's call-ins:
- Day 8 Friday in Pinedale MP3, 1080 KB
- Day 7 Thursday in Flag Ranch MP3, 1114 KB
- Day 6 Wednesday MP3, 505 KB
- Day 5 Tuesday MP3, 131 KB
- Day 4 Monday MP3, 418 KB
- Day 3 Sunday MP3, 613 KB
- Day 2 Saturday - no call-in (but he put in a huge day)
- Day 1 Friday MP3, 255 KB
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Lima- end of day 5
Yay- just had a good chat with Simon. He's made it to Lima in time for the 6 day cut-off. Got in about 7.30pm. 135 miles today.
[That's 1,005 km and 14,325 meters climbing in 5 days.]
Going back to Monday, he said he spent just over an hour in Butte in the shade (sounds like it was pretty hot) & decided to press on to Wise River. He called the Lodge to make a booking & they told him that the kitchen closed at 9pm- pretty good motivator! He got there at 9.03- the kitchen was still open so, hooray, he managed to get a burger & chips. Had a good nights sleep too.
He was able to collect a package that he had sent to himself care of the Post Office in Polaris, so didn't have to make any detours for food on the way to Lima (and enjoyed a can of peaches mmmm). Ran out of water though, so had to scoop some out of a dodgy looking puddle, yay for iodine tabs.
As we were talking he asked me if I knew where any of the others were- I was able to tell him that John Nobile & Geoff Roes had both called in from Lima earlier in the day, but I had checked David Blain's spot position about ten minutes ago and he hadn't moved for a couple of hours. So I went back to look again and he was still there- told Simon that he was on Harrison & Willow Creek Road. Simon was calling me from a service station on Harrison & Bailey- he said there was a cafe & a motel over there, I wonder if he'll find him? Ha!
Simon said that yesterday Jenn had left about 20 minutes before him and it took him about 1.5 hours to catch her up. Wow.
Physically he said he has a pretty darn sore arse, his hands are a bit tingly & his quads are sore as. He sounded a lot happier than last time we spoke though.
He's going to get a good nights sleep, and an early start tomorrow.
Miro saw her first chipmunk today.
Cheers
Sarah
[That's 1,005 km and 14,325 meters climbing in 5 days.]
Going back to Monday, he said he spent just over an hour in Butte in the shade (sounds like it was pretty hot) & decided to press on to Wise River. He called the Lodge to make a booking & they told him that the kitchen closed at 9pm- pretty good motivator! He got there at 9.03- the kitchen was still open so, hooray, he managed to get a burger & chips. Had a good nights sleep too.
He was able to collect a package that he had sent to himself care of the Post Office in Polaris, so didn't have to make any detours for food on the way to Lima (and enjoyed a can of peaches mmmm). Ran out of water though, so had to scoop some out of a dodgy looking puddle, yay for iodine tabs.
As we were talking he asked me if I knew where any of the others were- I was able to tell him that John Nobile & Geoff Roes had both called in from Lima earlier in the day, but I had checked David Blain's spot position about ten minutes ago and he hadn't moved for a couple of hours. So I went back to look again and he was still there- told Simon that he was on Harrison & Willow Creek Road. Simon was calling me from a service station on Harrison & Bailey- he said there was a cafe & a motel over there, I wonder if he'll find him? Ha!
Simon said that yesterday Jenn had left about 20 minutes before him and it took him about 1.5 hours to catch her up. Wow.
Physically he said he has a pretty darn sore arse, his hands are a bit tingly & his quads are sore as. He sounded a lot happier than last time we spoke though.He's going to get a good nights sleep, and an early start tomorrow.
Miro saw her first chipmunk today.
Cheers
Sarah
Monday night
From the GDR blog:
Simon Kennett called from Wise River at about 9 p.m. Pete said he saw Simon riding up the hill at Fleecer Ridge "like he was in a cross country race." Close behind was super Jenn, who claims her English bug spray doesn't work on American mosquitoes. We didn't receive any more calls from our intrepid group of non-Americans (Simon from New Zealand, Jenn and Carl from the U.K. and Fred from Canada). Those calls will probably come in the morning.
Simon Kennett called from Wise River at about 9 p.m. Pete said he saw Simon riding up the hill at Fleecer Ridge "like he was in a cross country race." Close behind was super Jenn, who claims her English bug spray doesn't work on American mosquitoes. We didn't receive any more calls from our intrepid group of non-Americans (Simon from New Zealand, Jenn and Carl from the U.K. and Fred from Canada). Those calls will probably come in the morning.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Monday afternoon
From the GDR blog:
Carl Hutchings called from Butte at 2:30 p.m., reporting Simon Kennett was with him and "that insanely strong English girl Jen" was just 10 minutes behind. Jenn called at 3 p.m., saying the weather was hot but nice, and she was moving on with Simon and Carl.
[That's the 692 kilometer mark. He's done 10363 meters of climbing since noon Saturday.]
Carl Hutchings called from Butte at 2:30 p.m., reporting Simon Kennett was with him and "that insanely strong English girl Jen" was just 10 minutes behind. Jenn called at 3 p.m., saying the weather was hot but nice, and she was moving on with Simon and Carl.
[That's the 692 kilometer mark. He's done 10363 meters of climbing since noon Saturday.]
Pushing on
From the GDR blog:
Simon Kennett called from Helena at 4:45 a.m. to report he was leaving with Carl Hutchings.
Simon Kennett called from Helena at 4:45 a.m. to report he was leaving with Carl Hutchings.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Helena [end of day 3]
Quick update: Simon just called me from Helena, 9.30pm. [That's the 587 km mark, 8534 meters elevation gained so far, including 2133 meters gained since leaving Lincoln just after midday.]
He's just had one of his toughest days biking ever - it got very hot this afternoon, they had three crossings of the Great Divide, pretty rough track.
He's sharing a motel room with Carl Hutchings (who also had a really tough day).
His plan is to get a good nights sleep & do 120 miles [193 km, 1828 meter elevation gain] to Butte tomorrow. (a decent feed tonight should help too, I reckon!)
Helena, Montana State Capitol
He's just had one of his toughest days biking ever - it got very hot this afternoon, they had three crossings of the Great Divide, pretty rough track.
He's sharing a motel room with Carl Hutchings (who also had a really tough day).
His plan is to get a good nights sleep & do 120 miles [193 km, 1828 meter elevation gain] to Butte tomorrow. (a decent feed tonight should help too, I reckon!)
Helena, Montana State Capitol
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