Bicycle Touring The World: Walden to Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
My latest bicycle touring around the world update, cycling across the USA through Colorado. Walden to Fort Collins. 97 miles. Breathtaking scenery today in more ways than one! Today, I reached my highest point, the Cameron Pass at 10276 feet, which wasn’t too bad a climb, as it was a nice, gradual ride up. And it was only another 2000 feet up from where I’d started. I reached the top around lunchtime.
I’ve found it really hard to catch my breath today. I was fine, just cycling along. But I couldn’t catch my breath if I took a drink or tried to sing (I like to sing as I go along, or rather try!). That extra 2000 feet seems to have made a difference to me.
You would have thought that after spending the past two weeks at 5000 feet or above, and yesterday I was at 9500 feet, I would have acclimatised. Of course, it could have been my Asthma. But it doesn’t matter now, as I’ve dropped over 5000 feet now and feel fine.
I think I may have crossed the Rocky Mountains now, which were extremely beautiful and picturesque, as I’ve had seventy miles of downhill from Cameron Pass to here in Fort Collins. I think I’ve now got miles of flatlands.
Tour Information
It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:
- Photos: See my photos on Flickr
- The route: View my journey around the world
- Videos: Check out my YouTube videos
- Tour page: Ride overview
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