Diary of Scott Morris

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Archive for July, 2004

Final Two Days

7/27 to Whitefish, Montana There was doubt in the air as we cycled more quiet back roads in through the Swan river valley. We were rolling off the final 200 miles of the ride, but did we have what it takes to do it in two days? Since entering Montana the terrain and our pace [...]

Fin

Last night at 9:10pm we crossed the Canadian Border at the port of Roosville. The trip took 38 days and about 12 hours. It is bittersweet ending, but we couldn’t be happier: the trip was a success beyond our expectations. I am somewhat at a loss for words, so I’ll just go with some numbers [...]

This is It

A quick update today. We arrived in Whitefish, MT last night around 9:45 pm after riding 97 miles. We are now poised to strike: Roosville (Canadian border crossing and end of the trail) is 100 miles from here. If all goes well we will finish before nightfall tonight. The bob wheel barely rolls at this [...]

194 miles to go, loving Montana

7/25 – Lincoln, MT We were up and moving quickly. We walked into town to find breakfast and hopefully some tights. Breakfast was good and filling. As we waited a guy with a Bob pulled up. Dave (who we had heard about from the two other GDMBR riders, Matt and Steve) about crapped his pants [...]

Montana mountain biking

7/23 We awoke somewhat late to sample the free breakfast downstairs at the Super 8. And sample it we did–until our stomachs reached the bursting point. We left the hotel amazingly before checkout time of 11am to seek out the bike shop, the Outdoorsman. We went in and asked for new housing and cable for [...]

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Scott
Tucson, AZ



Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes racer, sometimes GPS freak. I love to ride my bike, get out, see new things and push limits. More...


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