I was thinking… ‘Why am I always doing all these crazy adventures solo?’ So it goes. As the plane flew over British Columbia, I looked out the window and saw massive mountains and glaciers, then I started to think ‘What The Hell’. solo, you won’t understand these few paragraphs. Well, that’s what I’m predicting. Until you pack your bags, jump on a plane…. Open the link, hit the replay button on the lower left of the map. How about that for Diarrhea of The Mouth? And that adds a whole other dimension to The Single Speed Experience. Oh, and by the way, The Remoteness means unpredictable and difficult trail conditions. And the pseudo-fact that you are ‘ In It’till the end drives a whole new level of stress, anxiety and thus forces an unreal Commitment to Preparedness. The remote trail and the very limited options for ‘bailing’. And that is the difference between the ITI and other big ultra endurance bikepacking races. When you (I) roll up to the start the standard emotion is “wow, I’m in this. The combination of The Elementsand The Elevation Profile and The Remoteness make the ITI unique. Check out the elevation profile of the Colorado Trail Race or Arizona Trail Race. The Elevation Profileis not exactly tough. The Arrowhead 135 provides a wicked cold weather challenge – in some years. So, what is unique about the ITI? The Elements, The Weather Variables, are not necessarily unique. Overview: The Iditarod Trail Invitational…. Although there was plenty of funny s*^t prior to and after ‘the race’. (Well, there were 7 episodes of funny s*^t on the trail, keep reading for the info.) well, there is not much humor on the trail, the ITI is the real deal and I didn’t really mess around out there. If you want BPR Commentary on the trail… look for The Data. If you are interested in The Data, i.e., The GPS data processed BPR Style, check the sections near the front, look for the profile plots. If you just want info on The Gear and the Lessons Learned, scroll down to the mid section. So… if you only want to see The Pics, go the The End. I don’t have the time, I have things to do, people to see and single speed machines to ride. Just can’t ‘create’ all this info and make it flow. And for those that study & thrive in The Alternate Reality, I’m sorry. I intermix data, pics, stories, lessons learned, and a small amount of humor. And the organization of the information is chaotic. This race review is not my usual humor laced work of pseudo-fiction. The ITI was an unreal adventure, unreal set of experiences. It’s just how I roll… it’s The Lifestyle at The Back of The Pack.The Probability of Derailleur Failure = ZERO.And the geared bike has 10 years of dust on it, and is for sale. There are 10 single speeds and one geared bike in my garage.I’ll give you a couple of answers, you pick the one(s) that makes you feel better ![]() (And if you ain’t a data geek… then you might want to close this window into the InterWeb and go on with your shopping.)Īnd The Answer to The Question…. This Reality, The Alternate Reality, is driven by a set of algorithms, algorithms derived by… Judd aka The JudderNaut aka The Philosofizer, aka… MEĪnd, as you might have guessed. The Alternate Reality (noun)… the extra dimensions of reality that are accessed via The Lifestyle at the back of the pack. ![]() A close cousin of Ludicrous (not Ludacris) and a real-life alternative to Idiocracy… Got It!Īnd an Old Skool example of BPR Ludacracy…. Ludacracy (noun)… a state of single speed chaos self-generated at the back of the pack and contained within The Alternate Reality. (Although, most dudes in The Crew only read the little yellow books called Cliff Notes. This Set of ITI History is really for me, The Madre, The Padre, The Brother, The Family, The Ti-Machine and all the freaks that roll at the back of the pack, in one way or the other. Keep reading for all the crazy a$$ details. For those of you that have time, patience and motivation. You hit mental & physical states that you didn’t know exist(ed). We all kinda agree that there are experiences & emotions that just can’t be explained. In other worlds, there is no way of knowing what your mind and body will go through until you are there… doing it, surviving.Īnd I had a few conversations with a few ‘finishers’, finishers this year and years past. The Way IT IS.Īs I told Kathi a few hours after I finished, “In my wildest dreams I could never predict or rationalize what I just experienced on the Iditarod Trial.”
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