I have been doing exactly that for the last few years with a bivy sack, and this summer with a Big Agnes 1 man tent. It makes for a very quick setup at the end of a long day. I'm using a sweet roll, and it can be hard to get everything in before the sleeping bag expands everything, so I roll everything wide, and then stuff/compress it once everything is inside.

I struggled with stomach issues sat and sun and being unable to eat I found myself getting weaker and weaker. So I took the bypass to williams and I'm waiting for a shuttle back to flag. It was great meeting all the AZ racers. I hope everyone else finished strong.

Cheers
Scott

I'm in and planning to make the group start. I look forward to meeting everyone.

So here is a question.  I have yet to do the section from Buena Vista to the start of Saguache (basically the nastiest of hike a bikes).  I'm assuming at my pace that it will take around 4 days from Buena to Silverton.  My question is, what kind of food is at Princeton Hot Springs?  Also, anyone know if they have any type of mail drop capabilites there?

There is a store and a restaurant at Princeton. Also, note that when you hit highway 50, there is an RV park downhill only a mile or two with a store that is open until 7:00 pm. We hit the store last year and had TV dinners and ice cream. You can obviously camp there as well if the time is right.

well, my ctr training schedule just got shortened-- broke my left arm in 4 places yesterday taking a fall on my road bike. 4-6 weeks of rest and ill be ok as long as I dont end up needing surgery. Sneezing is dangerous business on bumpy trails with a road bike! Oh well, could've been worse. If this had happened in july I'd be a lot more upset

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm in a similar situation, as I broke my jaw in Fruita a couple of weeks ago. It's hard to train with my mouth wired shut, but at least since I can't eat real food, I'm dropping to race weight pretty quickly.

I brought two of these USB batteries from Monoprice on the CTR last year.

I used them to charge my Garmin 800, ipod, and phone. I kept them in my gas tank so I could charge the Garmin while in use.

If you bring an iphone/ipad charger then you can recharge them from an outlet if you end up in a restaurant or hotel. I don't think I needed to recharge mine.

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