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Great Arizona Bicycle Adventure 2007

Ride Day 3: Tuesday, October 2nd

Seligman to Grand Canyon (99 miles, approximately 5,700' of climbing): Enjoy the changing scenery as you pedal to the high desert forest of the South Rim. About 25 miles will be on the wide shoulder of I-40, the only paved road connecting these places, during light midweek traffic.

Day 4 (Rest Day): Wednesday, October 3rd

Day Off at the Grand Canyon National Park: Explore the canyon on foot or by bike. Ride out the East Rim Drive, or visit the spectacular overlooks on the West Rim Drive. You can also trade in cycling shoes for hiking boots and spend a day below the rim of the canyon.

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10/02/07

Day 3: Seligman to Grand Canyon 102.68 miles 35.5 max speed 12.8 average speed

2% average grade 7% max grade Trip Alt 5,213 feet Max Elevation 6,892 feet

Total Elevation 12,945 7 hours 59 minutes

Started: 6:30Am Finished at 5:15PM

Jerry got his second & third flats

Tom got a flat at the end of the day

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Later in the trip the route would take them to the Grand Canyon:

"Do nothing to mar its grandeur for the ages have been at work upon it and man cannot improve it. Keep it for your children, your children's children, and all who come after you..." - Theodore Roosevelt

Great Arizona Bicycle Adventure 2007

With an elevation spanning from around 2000 feet to over 8000 feet (760-2440m), the Grand Canyon area experiences a variety of weather conditions. This weather variety includes cold winters and mild pleasant summers, moderate humidity, and considerable diurnal temperature changes at the higher elevations, with hot and drier summers at the bottom of the Grand Canyon along with cool damp winters. Summer thunderstorms and winter snowfall adds to the weather variety in this region.

Summer temperatures on the South Rim, at 7000 feet (2135 m), are relatively pleasant with high temperatures generally in the 80s (27-32°C) (with temperatures typically warming to over 100 degrees (>38°C) at the river near Phantom Ranch (2400 feet/762m.

10/04/07

Day 4: Grand Canyon to Flagstaff

49.54 miles 31.1 max speed 13.8 average speed 5% average grade 10% max grade

Trip Alt 1,352feet Max Elevation 7,090 feet Total Elevation 14,537

3 hours 35 minutes

Started: 6:30Am Finished: Early

Hail Storm & wicked rain storm

About 37 people got Sagged from the 2 rest stop to Flagstaff.

We set a new record of people sagged in Stewards’ truck: 8 people!

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