My Full Experience Bikepacking The GDMBR

Cold mineral, my friends, and there's nothing more I've ever wanted than this right here, you even have it. a freezer

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of 25 cent otter popsicles and ice cream sandwiches and klondike bars and everything is a dollar and over here look at this please play pay in a little floured box look at that a cooler

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of everything you could ever want, lots of it thank you. There is a very tasty museum. I've never seen anything like this. This is pretty incredible. They just leave it open for the public. What are you going to get there? Dude, I have a pair of twin pops.

They call them little ice creams. Oh man, what a day. every day is a day, I keep saying that, but wow, this really was a porn day, okay, so we decided to make a last minute audible change instead of jumping on a steamboat another 65 miles uphill, come on to take a quiet day. We heard good things about a place here called Ladder Ranch. I guess they are very friendly to cyclists and that's where we headed. It's only 13 miles away so today will essentially be a rest day and I think it will be good. for everyone, hello friend, jumpers, jumpers, jumpers, mirrors ready to go, yeah, yeah, are you ready, are you ready, are you excited?

Come on Kevin, come on buddy, come on, let's do it trying to save for tomorrow. Hey Kevin, how do you like these Colorado hills? He loves it since there was no welcome sign in Colorado. We're doing it right here in front of this old general store with our new friends Vince and Gretchen, let's do it guys, yeah, we're happy. We're in Colorado look this is for you can you believe it? So we're running down this mountain road and we pass by and John likes popsicles and I was like popsicles okay and then we get closer it actually says dog ice cream oh. look at that homey look look how happy she is look she needed a little gift oh yeah, just once oh my god she doesn't waste time with that we were getting on a steamboat and I was like oh yeah Roddy lives here, so I texted my brother.

Ethan called Roddy Rod and said, Yes, you can camp, but we didn't know we were having an enchilada party. Wow, you're the best man. Thank you very much, party. I like your promotion mirror. Do you want enchiladas? Do you want enchiladas? Dog enchiladas. You already had the treat for your dog today it's always nice to end the day with friends and familiar faces and that's what we're going to do today here in Steamboat and we're filling our bellies with enchiladas well no, she really likes that water. I get it, there's a lot more journey until I see you buddy, take care, I'll see you on the way look, okay, oh, wow, oh, that's great, oh, oh, I see falling apart.

Hello cow, how are you? We're driving, you're so blessed to be able to be. here man, it's true, do you feel like a friend? I feel fantastic, I feel like a million dollars good, I need another butt, but I need, I have a million dollars, look at that view, isn't it so great, wow, they're waiting for us here, what's up, it's Dana. It's mommy, it's Santa Claus, how are you doing? Everybody, we did it, we did it, it's so good to see all of you wonderful people, Kevin, you were a champ today buddy, tell me how you feel.

I can't sit well, but other than that I feel great. legs still feel strong from eight and a half hours on the bike 7,000 feet of climbing 79 miles it's a tough day yeah it was beautiful tomorrow we have a new adventure buddy dana that's right yeah oh you're going to climb That makes doing hard things easier when you know that at the end of the day you get to see the people you love, so thank you all, I'm bonding with them just fine, no, I'm not fine, she's a liar, actually , the portion of food he was about to eat.

I want to say something really sentimental, although I love you and I appreciate you coming here and saying hello and it really means a lot, so today is not only exciting because Dana is here, but we are going to Silverthorne, where my middle brother, Logan, lives. with his wife haley and their two super cute kids brinley and carter how about this day ryan it's a beautiful day we've never seen this this is the day we haven't seen that's okay okay 46. Oops, okay, I we did! Do you think maybe one day you want to come with me on a bike adventure Yeah, yeah, Sunday, that's not 70 miles, it's time for another goodbye, Kevin's headed to the airport, Yeah, why are you leaving?

Just kidding, we know why he's leaving, he has things. thank you so much for coming man it was absolutely so much fun traveling with you and getting to know you better and I loved your spirit and your attitude and you overcame a lot of pain man oh yeah we did it yeah yeah man you're a good one bro you're absolutely good orange crashes with my purple come on dana come on dana it's your birthday it was your birthday two weeks ago can I tell you your age oh yeah dana turned 59 okay and she's a total badass in every sense of the word she's one of my best friends she's an inspirational mentor so many people own one of the most successful businesses in boulder what else is there dana she's so funny she's dumb she's quirky she has great haircuts good job dana good job good job we did it we did it oh my god it was great, You know, I felt like I didn't know yesterday, that trip took a little bit out of me, you know, that first trip and then you bought those stupid lunch things.

It's like lettuce. I was trying to be healthy. What's going on? Where we are? How is this called? So we're in uh we're in Hartsville, Colorado right now yeah my wife Chelsea and I just got some land here and we just wanted to open it up to people and um yeah. That was amazing because I told you we just kept rolling and rolling. I feel like something amazing is going to happen and then this happened. Wow, we're at Camp Indigo. It's like the happiest place in the world. I am continually amazed. how the universe just provides, sometimes you know, it just makes me happy and it really helps reinforce my faith in humanity that people are good and people want to help and it makes my heart grow, it makes my heart swell, which is always a good thing. and now we have a beautiful sunset, much love for you, oh Dana, can you believe what just happened?

Like we were dragged to a unicorn ranch or something. It was crazy, oh ah, I think we underestimated this day. I didn't know what was going to happen. I know something giant right before the start, this is definitely one of the steepest hills I've climbed on the entire route and Dana is lucky to be here with me, you did it, high five, oh that was hard, whoa, two , three, look at all that ice. cream, we made it there, good job, oh it was so good, it was a day, eh, yeah, it was a tough day, yeah, up and down and wind, so much wind, but we made it happen and here we are, it was so beautiful , so beautiful.

That day the whole route has been beautiful every day there has never been a day like this the whole route is so beautiful we live in an incredible country thank you Ryan yes, you're welcome thank you for joining us I can't do an adventure without you there's no way you're going jose well but speaking of without you here you go I'm where you're going dana is uh her sister will pick her up and dana has to go back to work her coffees they need dana and I I'm going to have an adventurous sister for a couple of days.

I love it. I love it. I really appreciate you coming to hang out and

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the magic again. We always do it. Yes, the world is better with you and I appreciate that it is. and it's sweeter yeah the world is sweeter good morning i woke up and my friend brandy's backyard wow what look at this sign user look at john kevin are you kidding me oh my god look at this camp and says support for gdmvr, specifically us, we are. in space a magic trail wow let's see this there's no way you're kidding elen rose ryan van duzer nice to meet you brother i know you this is amazing you've been waiting yeah we've been waiting how did you do it?

I know I did because we watched, what do you mean if we knew we watched all your videos? This really is amazing, I can't believe it. I've had a long hard day and here you are, a magical trail, oh my dear lord, look at that. It's amazing, thank you very much, Sunday sauce, which is also heavy. Family style dinner at a campsite. Alan, what have you done? Yes, we are talking about brownies, you have to eat brownies, look at that chocolate cherry with chili powder, I'm finally going to bed. Too much fun to leave Alan and Marsha's company.

They are such good people. It is funny. Oh yeah, won't you come with me all the way? I'm not going. I'm going back uphill. Thanks again for everything that was so good. super surprise and I'll see you in Boulder, that's right, you better come to Boulder, go get one of those doritos, yeah, yeah, you gotta do it man, have a good brother, see you later, oh, I'm about 7,800 feet above the sea. The level right now is rising to almost 12,000, so 4,000 feet high I think is going to take a long time. I heard the climb is like 20 miles or something, that's fine because you know why I don't have anything else to do today, but ride my bike, this is a really beautiful desert area, but in a couple of hours, when Get to the top of this pass, it won't be a desert, it will be an alpine place, that's one of the things I really love about this.

The route is that the landscape changes all the time from one day to the next and sometimes from hour to hour. Good morning cows. You know I've always liked going uphill and it doesn't matter if I'm biking or running. I've always liked going uphill. It has been my strong point. I have often said that I would rather go up and down steep mountains all day than ride on flat roads and you go nice and slow and you can hear your heart beating, you can hear the birds singing, this really is perfect. speed, I'm going 3.7 miles per hour and it's a good way to spend this quiet Sunday morning.

I think this calls for a little happy dance. Oh yeah, baby, there's not much oxygen up here. Hello, now it's time to really talk. I thought this would be a great place since it is the highest point of the entire Grand Divide trip, the highest point in altitude, but today will be my last day riding the Grand Divide and the reason is that I am practically in the south . The end of Colorado and New Mexico have instituted a very strict policy for all travelers entering the state. They say everyone has to quarantine for 14 days and that's not something I want to do, so this is it.

I'm going to finish it. Here I'm traveling south to a town called Platoro and my good friend Larkin is going to pick me up and take me back to Boulder. My heart is very full right now. My heart and soul are very happy and I would like to. Many thanks to Priority Bicycles for helping make this dream a reality. They were fundamental. We've been developing this bike here for the past few months specifically for this adventure and it worked out perfectly. This thing is top notch. The doors drive the carbon sprocket. gearbox everything worked great and I always had to smile and laugh when John and Kevin had to lube their chains and mess with their derailleurs.

I thought I didn't have to do that so here I am smiling in a field on top of a divide at the top of a pass here in Colorado it's a beautiful Sunday and I'm going home happy and satisfied thank you so much for joining this adventure for joining to all my other adventures in being a part of this channel I love this community, you guys are amazing and I hope you are out there challenging yourselves in your own way, please like and subscribe, share these videos with as many people as possible , that really helps me, if you have the ability, join my patreon and wow!

I'll see you on the road, you know what I'm saying, that's the only way to stay on the road, keep going, I'll always see you later, my friends.