DAY 6 - THE LUXURY OF EXHAUSTION

DID IT HAVE TO BE THIS HARD? Our final day was a net elevation loss, and it felt right and impossible at the same time. How could this country deliver roads, and passes and summits...

... of such immense beauty?

We'd covered a lot of ground...

• 400+ miles
• 53,000' of vert
• 30+ hours in the saddle

... in six days.

I was quite exhausted.

With friends, 
our bonds deepening,
through the shared experience.

No flats,
no mechanical difficulties,
no physical ailments slowing us.

Just my tumble.

What a luxury, 
to wring out all a body can deliver, by choice.

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