3 am on Teton Pass

I shot this snippet of video during the Tour Divide this past June as I was layering on all my warm clothes atop snowy Teton Pass mid-way through the longest single push I've ever done on the bike. I'm still not able to comprehend how I was able to cover 370 miles in 37 hours after 5 solid days of racing, how I was up at 1:45 am the following morning to tackle the Great Divide Basin, or how I was sufficiently recovered two days later to feel good enough to go on the attack again climbing out of Gore Canyon. I wouldn't say forgoing sleep on that particular night was the wisest move, but at the time, it seemed like a half decent idea given how good my legs were feeling.

Too bad I didn't shoot a little video at the end of that when the waitress at the Miner's Grubstake was trying to convince me that I was in no shape to continue riding without first sleeping. Boy was she ever right!

And not more than 2 minutes after setting off from the pass, a porcupine jumped out in front of me and nearly got flattened. I have had more close encounters with porcupines than dogs in the Tour Divide!