WELCOME TO FERNIE

 



Fernie B.C. for lunch and chores. 12:00pm

First day and night on the trail.  They had 4 hours of sleep last night arriving in Fernie at noon. A quick text from Tim to say they were going to a bike shop to get some tweaking, jelly-bean top-up from Save-On and A & W-  two burgers each, onion rings strung on the handle bars and 4 bacon and egger's to cover tonights dinner and tomorrows breakfast, or forfeit to a hungry bear. 

Looks like they are in the middle of the pack where they thought they might be. Keeping a notch or two below their abilities, slow and steady. They also talked about walking the steeps and not trying to pump up them avoiding burnout. 

There were over 250 riders on the unofficial list (not all with trackers) about 195 on trackers. It will be interesting to watch the numbers deplete as burnout kicks in due to fatigue, injury,  forest fires, snow, washouts, extreme heat, wind, hunger and so on.

Till we hear again...enjoy watching Dave Rutledge's tracker on TRACKLEADER.COM - TOUR DIVIDE 2023 and Donate to helpnfind a cure for Parkinson's. 


We are so pleased to see the fundraising Goal Milestone of $4,000.00 set for Montana reached before the race even started. THANK YOU!!!









TO DONATE:


http://donate.parkinson.ca/goto/Tim_Rippel


TO FOLLOW DAVE & TIM.   DR on the map. 

:http://trackleaders.com/tourdivide23i.php?name=Dave_Rutledge

Location: Fernie, BC, Canada

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