Ep. 504: The Epic Tour Divide Revisited - Jim Goodyear
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Originally published August 18, 2016
The Tour Divide is over 2700 miles of self-supported bicycle race along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route stretching between Banff, Alberta, Canada and the US-Mexico border in Antelope Wells, New Mexico. The route was created in 1997 by the Adventure Cycling Association. For 19 years now, bike packers have tackled this route with top riders finishing in just over two weeks while most don’t make it at all. Jim Goodyear is on the show today to fill us in on the experience and mental test that the Tour Divide provides. It's an epic adventure and you should definitely try it!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I actually ran out of water and I was probably without water for six hours. |
| 0:05.5 | It was very dry. |
| 0:07.6 | I was in New Mexico. |
| 0:09.4 | I ended up consulting my maps and I found where there's supposed to be a little stream when it's wet in the winter. |
| 0:19.5 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast where we talk to athletes, adventurers, and business owners from around the world of adventure sports. |
| 0:27.8 | Whether you're climbing Mount Everest, starting a bike shop, or getting up off your couch to take your kids hiking for the first time, |
| 0:34.5 | we want you to have the motivation and inspiration you need to chase that |
| 0:38.5 | next adventure. |
| 0:40.0 | The Adventure Sports podcast is brought to you by Camp Crate, the leaders in fully planned |
| 0:45.2 | self-guided backpacking adventures, as well as backpacking gear rental. |
| 0:49.9 | You can check them out at campcrate.net. |
| 0:53.3 | Thank you. you can check them out at camp crate.net. |
| 1:10.4 | Hey folks, it's been a while since we've had a classic tour divide episode. |
| 1:16.9 | And if you're not familiar with the tour divide, it's a 2,700-mile bicycle race that starts in Banff, Alberta, Canada, and goes all the way to the Mexican border along a lot of |
| 1:23.0 | fire roads and single track. |
| 1:24.9 | And it's just an amazing, amazing trip. |
| 1:27.6 | I did it at 2013, and it was honestly life-changing. |
| 1:33.3 | I know that there's a few listeners out there this year who are going to tackle it, |
| 1:37.8 | and it starts first or second Friday of every June. |
| 1:42.4 | And so we're just going to do an episode about that is one of the most adventurous |
| 1:47.5 | events you can do. |
| 1:49.5 | It is so cool. |
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