Traci joins me for 2 weeks! Just Pedal: A Woman, A Bike, and the Great Divide, Episode 3.
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- In Episode 2, I traveled most of Montana, ending at Bannack State Park: • Things get a little da...
In this episode, my friend and fellow bikepacker Traci (instagram: @tracia.giefer) joins me for 2 weeks. We do some wild camping, stay in some interesting motels, visit the Grand Tetons, meet a playful moose, make difficult route decisions, visit the Brush Mountain Lodge, and more! Our travels take us from Bannack State Park in Montana to Kremmling, Colorado.
Thank you to Traci Giefer and Carl Schoch for providing additional photos and video.
In case you missed it, I did a pre-trip interview, answering questions a lot of people asked me about preparing to ride the Great Divide:
• • Frequently Asked Quest...
Finally, if you're looking for more of my Divide stories, you can check out my Instagram: @birdsnbikesnballet
One final note:
This series documents my cycling trip from Jasper, Alberta Canada to Antelope Wells, New Mexico, following the Great Divide. While I use the Adventure Cycling Association's GDMBR maps as a guide, I do not strictly follow their course...I kept open to making changes to the route to accommodate weather, elevation gain, resupply points, and my overall health/energy level. Thank you for following along!
I am loving your journey, and your beautiful presentation. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Thank you so much!
I have to say this was one of the most enjoyable GDMBR Videos I have watched .
That means so much, thank you! And thanks for following along!
Gotta love friends coming to support you along the way.😊
Yes!!
Great video. Enjoying your adventure!
Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
What fun and d upport from your buddy, Tracey. You're handling the miles and stresses well. Keep on keeping on! Thanks and best...pops
Thank you! It was really special to have her there and to see the route through her eyes
I look forward to each new episode of your wonderful series. Thank you for brightening our day!
Thank you! So wonderful to hear you’ve been enjoying them!
a great series of stories about a journey by a great Minnesota gyrl. thank you. love the format. admire your spirit. just awesome.
So glad to hear you’re enjoying the series. Thanks for watching!
beautiful scenery and amazing journey.
Thank you for watching!
Greetings from Southern California. I’ve enjoyed all three videos. The scenery is so beautiful. Enjoy doing this while you’re young and healthy, because it gets more difficult as you get older. I wouldn’t mind touring on an E bike with some type of solar panels attached to a trailer. I’m looking forward to episode four. ✌️👏👏👏
Wise words…I’m glad I got to do this trip now, and hope that I can find ways to adapt my adventures like you as I get older
Katrina, Traci and I have the same idea about biking touring….dual suspension for the win. Another amazing chapter of your journey. Stay strong!
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I completely agree! I would ride a mountain bike if I were to do it over again for comfort and gearing!
Really great video! Definitely enjoying your series.
Thanks, I really appreciate the feedback!
Thank you! Lovely gift to start of a work week.
How sweet, thank you for watching!
Think you for your time have a great New Year 🎉
Happy new year!
Bummer, too bad you missed the Great Basin. The Basin was one of my favorite sections due to the wild and open skies. Got lucky with weather, some slight cross wind the first day, camped at Diagnus Well and A&M Reservoir then rolled into Rawlins. Nice video series, thanks!
I’m bummed too. I think with some more backcountry experience, I’ll feel confident to go back and do it no matter the conditions. I’m looking forward to it!
@@katrinahase Yep, the Basin worried me too because of the long stretch from Atlantic City to Rawlins. And I was worried because I have backcountry experience, over thought it really. But luck with weather made it easy, and I planned it to stop at Diagnus Well and camp, then the AM Reservoir about one mile off route was really nice with good water for filtering. I broke it up into 40 mi sections since I was 68 then. Now at 70, I want to ride it again in 2024 with a different approach. Instead of very light frame bags only, I'm going racks and panniers with drop bar mtn bike. More luxury items for comfort, and slower pace. Happy trails!
Great videos. I am enjoying seeing the route again! Well done!
Friends and I did the northern half of the CDT many years ago. Stayed in the most eclectic Campground in Pinedale, I will always remember the people there, living in tents, cars, etc. one family of about 10 or so had been there for months because one car had broken down and was on blocks. Father, grandfather and great grandfather sitting around the campfire smoking pot while the women cooked and the kids played. The kids were fascinated with our bikes, the adults invited us to dinner. I imagined this is how the native Americans lived years ago.
Love this story, thanks for sharing! Never know who you’ll meet on an adventure.
You guys are brave Ladies! I rode on side roads near civilization today and geese 😅. That's all lol
Exploring around home on two wheels is pretty awesome too 😊
So much goodness. Thank you!😊
So glad you enjoyed it!
Chapeau, looking forward to the next video.
Thank you!
I would love to do this someday. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! I hope that you do ride it someday 😊
Hello, from Philly! These videos are so awe-inspiring. After a handful of long-distance backpacking adventures, I'm looking forward to planning some bikepacking trips.
Thanks for watching! I envy you having backpacking experience already. I’m sure transitioning to bikepacking will be pretty easy for you with your experience!
Just love your videos.
Thank you so much!
Great stuff ! - you make it look easy
Oh my, it’s so NOT easy! But it does become a sort of ritual, so you adapt to it and it starts to feel almost normal 😅
What an incredible adventure! I am now shopping for a new gravel bike, who knows?
Exactly…who knows!
Super dooper, keep it commin.
Thank you!
Inspiring. Makes me want to do it even more.
Yes! Do!
Yep, I stayed in that crummy motel in Lima due to a heavy rain storm that rolled in. The gas station, and diner saved that day.
Yes! We ate across the street at the diner too. I was grateful for the motel…running water and a place to do laundry is always a luxury!
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY,KEEPING ON BIKING......LOL.
Always!
You guys got talked out of the basin. Your 65 mile days, were way more than my average 40 mile days. The Basin to me was not bad. It was tailwind most of the way. I got to the place where you turn south to camp, and then the next morning there was little wind for the remainder-out to the highway to Rawlins. Weather is a factor, but I think you two could have handled it easily, even with having to spend two nights out there.
That could be. We were acting on the information we had at the time. I suppose it could have gone many ways!
Very nice.
Thank you
Great video! Hope you were able to get water between kremmling & Ute Pass before silverthorne, a blue cooler on left. Thats me ute pass Steven. Y'all are great, met so many even hosting some. Next year be epic here for you riders.
Can’t believe I missed it, but thanks so much for being a trail angel!
@@katrinahaseMany do (30 cases didn't, lol), it's a slight decline into small valley and on a curve so many get in the zone a little. It will be marked better next year, started 2019 just tossing case out and each year grow with it. Not much of an internet person or knowledge but hope to video & document races & riders next year for a channel here.
Oddly I've commented and sure enough had met person but y'all look the same on bikes and met 100's!
I'm also dot watcher for racers & riders, remolding home so here most always summer time working, it's a nice break to walk out with dog gate grab a seat break and meet y'all. Let's just say Lael was sweetest person even taking a couple pictures. Morgan the independent record guy was pretty cool himself. Day or middle of night I'll go out, it's silly riders come around corner lights and there I am sitting flashlight or lantern, think I freak some out.
About 10 year when I'm in my 60's I'll do it otherwise don't ride presently. One man spent afternoon and evening here was 72!
Did you get to see the great Basin in the "taxi" or it went around it? The basin is hit or miss: can be great in decent conditions or miserable in bad ones. Probably a wise choice of time since traversing the basin in the win and rain makes it very muddy.
Agree, I got lucky with the Basin other than a slight crosswind first morning. Camped at Diagnus Well, and the AM Reservoir since I was going slow and easy at age 68. The Divide got under my skin, might ride again summer 2024 at 70. Happy trails!
It was a very difficult choice, and driving through it showed me how beautiful it is. I plan to return someday, once I get more comfortable with backcountry riding in any conditions
Greetings from Poland 🙂
Welcome!
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Will there be more episodes that ultimately conclude the ride ?
Yes! Colorado will be coming out in a week and then the final about 2 weeks later!
1st from the philippines
Welcome!
France ici.
All this happen behind your back yard?.??😂
Wouldn’t that be nice?
@@katrinahase it is,,All to yourself the whole back country,,