Mark, those pictures are fantastic, thanks for them and the write up! I posted a pic to the winter thread, but here's another one of today's outing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/16046526337/
I have no frame of reference for what you did!!! On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:28 AM, hsmitham <hughsmit...@gmail.com> wrote: > All I can say is you guy's are nuts! > > Well I'll add this, Mark a really compelling story and adventure...though > I have to say I'll pay the high real estate prices out here in the land of > 20C > > ~Hugh shivering at 7C Smitham > Los Angeles, CA > > > On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 7:37:46 AM UTC-8, Mark Reimer wrote: >> >> Over the holidays I got a hair-brained idea to try a really long, cold >> ride. 165km door-to-door from my apartment to my parents cabin for >> Christmas. I'd bring my 4-season tent and a new (to me) -30 sleeping bag >> along and try sleeping out on the frozen lake. I'd done it before in a >> quinzee, but was eager to try a tent. >> >> The temperature was hovering around -12C for most of the week, so I felt >> really good about it. Then the day before, everything changed. >> >> Temperature: -30C, and -40C with the windchill. That's the point where >> celcius and farenheit meet! The ride would be nearly entirely across the >> open prairies, so it would be windy. And cold. Very cold. It was too late >> to back out though, I had told too many people I was going to do it no >> matter what! >> >> Here's the Atlantis kitted up for the rid >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sqXhgL0B7_o/VK6j79NsbLI/AAAAAAAAJPs/laj-YUT9DoY/s1600/DSC_0143.jpg> >> >> I had a North Face 4-season winter tent in one pannier. A North Face -30C >> sleeping bag in the other. Carradice bag had spare/dry mitts, hat, down >> jacket, etc. Front bag had camera, food and a pile of chemical hand/toe >> warmers. >> >> Here's a photo a family member took of me while I was about 45km into the >> ride. She had just asked me if I was having fun. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w7B0Z1THRG4/VK6kIGvURUI/AAAAAAAAJP0/2ItIledp7Ho/s1600/DSC_0187.jpg> >> >> >> And a few more from the ride. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tmkaUJn9Tlk/VK6itmfCdTI/AAAAAAAAJPE/tjawN72KYZQ/s1600/DSC_0159.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ddyyOU7Qq5Y/VK6izR2jl7I/AAAAAAAAJPM/d3HDei6RxAw/s1600/DSC_0180.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YAuZ70UNjak/VK6i3w7Ul9I/AAAAAAAAJPU/Fe6VCgePwJ4/s1600/DSC_0194.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bUJ4WKBd9ek/VK6i9WoSLCI/AAAAAAAAJPc/XTabLEyehKo/s1600/DSC_0259.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_JsCOMXyQqU/VK6jBf77VoI/AAAAAAAAJPk/G1sZtCo5OkY/s1600/DSC_0273.jpg> >> >> In the end I only made it halfway there. 85km later my toes had finally >> frozen solid, and the sun was starting to get pretty low. I was riding with >> my dad, who's face had begun to blister and turn white from frostbite. We >> were out for 5 hours. Later in the week, I was in the emergency room for a >> minor cut and met two people who had turned their hands completely black >> from exposure on that day, after being outside less than 10 minutes each. I >> felt pretty good about my 5 hours. >> >> When I arrived at the cabin, the warmth of the fire and blankets was too >> much to overcome. I spent the night warm and toasty, which I do not regret >> at all. >> >> I'm going to attempt a much shorter overnight in a few weeks though, so I >> can test out the winter camping gear. >> >> Get out there! >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
