Congratulations Hal. Always enjoy tracking your dot and your call-ins. Very impressive Mr.Russell.

I see Mark B. is still racking up the bonus miles.

Busy day at the border.
Congrats to all finishing up today.

Love her riding “shoes”

Way to get it done Nick and Charlie. Good finial push!

What’s going on with Hal? Looks like he is backtracking.

Congratulations to Alexandera Houchin ... first female finisher this year, great to see her dot bouncing at Antelope Wells !

+1
Really enjoyed her call-ins along with watching her dot.

I'd be guessing b/c of the Carson NF closure and would expect to see more riders taking that route.

Laura A. is riding north on US84, hope all is well. *EDIT: She turned around!!

Looks like Rob D. spent most of the night in HAB mode in the Gila. Yikes. Appears he may be walking the ups & coasting/soft pedaling the downs/flats?? Maybe he can get things sorted out in Silver City.

Yeah good, I would think most out there don’t have updated GPS track loaded with reroute so they’re forced to do it old school.

Alexandra got through the Carson before it closed and is closing on Cuba .. Cool to watch her progress. 

Yep she is crushing it out there. I wish she’d call in more.

Not a bad looking sew job. I’ve had stitches that look a lot worse than those.

Hell of a redemption run by Greg.
And a +50er as well
Congrats man. 

Never a dull minute watching Mark Beck's spot.

You ain’t kidding. He loves the bonus miles for sure.

Am I missing something or is Lewis C way off route West of Abiquiu? Or is this the fire detour?

This is from an early post from “Cobbnat”
Sounds like a fire reroute possibly.
http://www.bikepacking.net/forum/ultra-racing/tour-divide-2018-race-discussion-thread/msg93926/#msg93926

Looks like the San Juan National Forest will reopen tomorrow with a stage 2 fire precaution. Keep those fingers crossed it will remain open.

No north bounder has ever won outright...
Winners the year C$ lined up.
2012 - Ollie W (GD) Jay P (ITT faster time)
2013 - Mike H
2014 - Jefe B

The year Billy Rice did his Yo-Yo did he technically win because he did the whole route without any reroutes? I believe he did the complete route both ways. Got a special permit coming back south to do closed section (I think).
C$ was moving fast but got shutdown around the border maybe a little north of border due to flooding.

Looks like Larry Shaw will be finishing up his Nobo in a few hours. Hope someone is waiting with a beer.
Congratulations!

Grilled ham and cheese and get an fried egg throw on there
Also, cooked pepperoni pizza in zip lock bag will last a good day or more.
As mentioned above Never get mayo added on a sandwich, always in a packet if you want it.

Quite a few 29+’s as well.

I was looking for an off the shelf framebag for my ICT last year and I emailed Revelate Designs. They got back to me that day who had my size in stock. It’s one of their co-branded bags for Surly and I’m very happy with the quality.

Thank you,
I’ll give it a try this weekend..