I believe Kyle Peterson is just now finishing as the 1st single speed. Also Adrian Stingaciu the only Fixed gear Ssp will get to New Mexico today. I wonder if Adrian's dot is yellow only because he had repeated tracker outages early on? If that's the case it'll all be legitimized when submits his gps track for those days.

Anyone know what happened to Andrew Kulmatiski, now listed as scratched?  He was making a quick NOBO run and in the top ten overall for quite awhile.  Looks like he spent the night in Horca after fighting through Carson NF all day yesterday.  There was considerable slushy snow 2 weeks ago when I pushed my bike through most of it. 

https://bikepacking.com/news/2023-tour-divide-debrief-days-1-2/    Shows him posting that his Tracker & derailer charger were both stolen.  sounds like a thief with very specific needs?

Can someone explain why there are two red lines routes towards the top of Lemon on trackleaders? Ana & Alexandria are on course but on two different routes at the moment.  Is there some strategy at play? Single speed vs geared route advantage?

Despite the bad weather on the route, this is turning out to be a very fast TDR.  Barely 18 days done and already ten finishers.  By comparison, in 2014 there were only six finishers under 20 days.  Re-routes?  Front of the field luckier with weather?

Paved fire closer reroutes around the uber sticky NM monsoon peanut butter mud might be playing a role.

It's really hard not to be impressed by these blokes! I guess Nat will raise the bar set by Hal. Will he be the oldest to complete within the "unofficial" time limit?

At this rate, both should make it, That said, freeze-thaw slush & mud is type 3 or 4 fun.

It's a close race for the North Bounders. 71 yr old Nat Cobb (my age so I'm partial) with a narrow gap over the young whipper snapper 64 yr ole Ken Knight.  ;-)

Does anyone know what happened to Shawn Cheshire the blind solo rider from Flagstaff? Her dot hasn't moved today. I'm hoping it's just a Zero Day or a tracker problem. Such an inspirational woman!

Late July - early August in 2015 (a pretty dry year) I got by with a rainfly & a SOL bivy

Josh Ibbett scratched w/ a lung infection:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce6z6t4M5on/

Sofinae's IG explains the off course this moring was actually a planed rest/sleep stop:  https://www.instagram.com/sofianeshl/

Even when he goes off course he goes far.
i usually went off course on long downhills with long grinds back up.  rarely uphill.

In my history of marking MtB race course, I can say w/ some certainty"'Nobody ever got off course by accidentally turning Uphill"

The Sleep Dep strategy has some downsides.

Too shocked to look closer but the sandals look thin and basic nothing fancy with clips must have been flats.

Well Sandals w/ Flats are always better than Tires w/ Flats  ; -)

Saw it with mine own eye's as he left Parker.

SPDs or flats?

Three of the top eight 800 racers are women, led by Flagstaffs Chase Edwards. who you gotta say as it stands this morning has a 50/50 shot of winning the whole event.

Can someone with a better grasp of the Flag area give me a 'ballpark description' of this camping closure area as it relates to the AZT?      https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd694026.pdf
I'm thinking the coco GIS person had a meltdown on seeing this boundary description. Hince the lack of a map

Bad end to my last try at the AZTR. Having the Anything cage w/ full sleeping & cooking kit break off was the last straw. Jerry's pep talk yesterday had me motivated, but my poor logistical skill & bad luck doomed me.

A h2o warning, the Colt tank enclosure on Canalos West that has always been Dependable is now Bone Dry. Plan on filtering from some other sources. A bit West in plain sight there is clear running water visiable from new ST down a short Creek bank.
 Also all Canalos are over grow with tall grass & catclaw. Very hard to find trail at night as handlebar light on lumnates the seed heads on tops of the grass. Don't dispare when grass is over your head. UR only 30 ft from the asphalt into Patagonia.

Thanks  Mike, That's gonna work for me. I'm shooting for pre dawn Friday, but I'm gonna hold off on the reg until I'm sure that's my start time.

On the TrackLeader AZT Trackleaders Long Trail Tracking Registration signup page ( https://form.jotformpro.com/trackleaders/long-trail )  there is a disclaimer saying 'not for the Races' that it's for the uses of tourers. Is there a page I'm missing for ITTs or do I use the  Trackleaders Long Trail Tracking Registration page?