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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

VISION // Motivation beyond all the boundaries in your life, you need to believe in who you are and what you want to do // INSPIRATION

Embrace the day, the passion, the dream.
But you cannot quit.
Make a promise to yourself.

It started with a VISION,
you cannot overcome problems unless you take on the CHALLENGE.

FEAR is not REAL. The only place it can exist is in our THOUGHTS of the fear of the FUTURE.

FEAR is a CHOICE.

EAT YOUR FEAR TO FEED YOUR DREAM.

Only those who RISK going too far can possibly find out
HOW FAR ONE CAN REALLY GO.

I want your DREAM to become so CLEAR
that when you WAKE UP in the morning
all you have to do is STEP INTO YOUR DREAM

And the first step for me was
SEEING SOMETHING I WAS NOT,
BEFORE I WAS.

YOU CAN DO IT, where you are is temporary, you will not be there for the rest of your life.

EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU WAKE UP,
YOU HAVE GOT TO START WITH THAT VISION.

Just like a mentality,
you have got to LIVE THIS, EAT THIS, BREATHE THIS, BECOME THIS.

IT HAS GOT TO BECOME
A WAY OF LIFE.

I WANT TO SEE HOW FAR I CAN GO, HOW MUCH I CAN HAVE,

I WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH FURTHER I CAN GO.

FIND YOUR INSPIRATION.
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BELIEVE.

MOTIVATION
IS
TAKING
EVERY STEP
IN
FRONT OF YOU.

NEVER GIVE UP.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU IN THE PAST,

WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

MAKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE.

VISION // Motivation beyond all the boundaries in your life, you need to believe in who you are and what you want to do // INSPIRATION

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Tour Divide, it's no tour...it's a race!

Ride The Divide Movie Trailer from Ride The Divide on Vimeo.

Great Divide Mountain Bike Route

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) is a continuous long

distance cycling route from Banff, Alberta, Canada to Antelope Wells,

New Mexico, USA. As of 2010, the route is 2745 miles (4417 KM) long; its

length is likely to change over time as the GDMBR is continually being

refined to improve it.

The GDMBR was developed by the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA)

and was inaugurated in 1998. A set of highly detailed route maps is

available from the ACA. A guidebook has also been published.

Route description

Following the Continental Divide as closely as practicable and crossing it 30

times, about 90% of the GDMBR is on unpaved roads and trails and requires

basic off-pavement riding skills tocomplete. The unpaved portions of the route

range from high quality dirt or gravel roads to a fewshort sections of

unmaintained trails which may not be possible for most people to ride at all.

The GDMBR has over 200,000 feet (60960 meters) of elevation gain and loss

for the rider to contend with. While most of the GDMBR is off the pavement,

the route does not requirehighly technical mountain bike riding skills. The route

has been designed to provide a riding experience primarily on very low trafficked

roads through mostly undeveloped areas of the Rocky Mountain west.

The GDMBR is routed through a variety of terrain and geographic features.

Highlights include the Flathead Valley in Alberta, Grand Teton National Park

and the Great Divide Basin in Wyoming, South Park, and Boreas Pass in Colorado,

and Polvadera Mesa and the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico. Colorado's Indiana

Pass, at 11,910 feet (3630 meters), is the highest point on the route. On route,

the rider will encounter isolated river valleys, mountain forests, wide open

grasslands, high desert, and, the end of the ride, a section of the

Chihuahuan Desert. The GDMBR passes though some larger towns, including

Helena and Butte, Montana, Pinedale and Rawlins, Wyoming, Steamboat Springs,

Breckenridge, Salida, and Del Norte, Colorado, and Grants and

Silver City, New Mexico. Otherwise, only extremely small towns will be encountered,

limiting the variety of goods and services available to riders.

Riding the GDMBR

Logistical issues complicate completing the GDMBR as reliable food and water

sources on some portions of the route are over 100 miles (160 KM) apart.

Unpredictable mountain and desert weather can bring snow, rain, high winds,

and temperature extremes at any time of year. Most people ride the route north

to south. Southbound riders normally cannot start prior to mid June nor later the

end of September, however, due to the possibility of deep snow in the mountains

and monsoon rains in New Mexico, careful attention to weather and climate is

required to ensure the rider can complete the route without having to wait out

impassible conditions. On portions of the route, rain can turn some sections of dirt

roads into quagmires of adhesive mud; the only options for the rider to pass

these obstacles are to wait for the roads to dry or to carry their bike.

As much of the route is not signposted, good navigation skills are also necessary.

Riders should be self-sufficient and carry camping equipment as commercial lodging

is not available for long stretches of the route. It is also helpful to be skilled in bike

maintenance and repair. It is also not uncommon to encounter large mammals

including Grizzly and Black Bear, Moose, and occasionally Mountain Lion.

For all the challenges, properly prepared and equipped riders can expect to have

an enjoyable and adventurous experience. In 2010, National Geographic listed

riding the GDMBR as number one of its top fifty best American adventures.[1]

A few people through-ride the GDMBR every year and trip reports written by

some of these riders are available on the ACA website.^[2]Typical times to ride

the entire route range from six to ten weeks.

There are also two entirely self supported races every year on the GDMBR.

The Tour Divide ^[3] follows the entire route, while the Great Divide Race ^[4],

which starts at the border in Roosville, Montana, follows the US portion only.

In these events, the race clock runs 24 hours a day and the riders are allowed

no outside support other than access to public facilities such as stores, motels,

and bike shops. The record time to complete the Tour Divide in its 2010 routing

is 17 days, 23 hours and was set in 2009. The Tour Divide has been raced and

completed on both single speed bicycles and on a tandem bicycle. There are

neither entry fees nor prizes in either race.