Mr. Giraldo has uploaded several new videos. I have them listed with links on a media page that combines and consolidates his pictures and videos. The videos play at YouTube. Mr. Giraldo has done a fantastic job of capturing the essence of this experience. Thank you sir! –jim
Day: June 16, 2009
RAAM starts today!
Tuesday, June 16, 12:00 p.m. PDT
RAAM women and 60+ solo racers
One-Hundred Ten miles to Austin, Nevada
Day11 ride for Mr. Giraldo and the next major town lies 48 miles further away [110 miles] than the 62 miles he rode yesterday to Fallon, Nevada. So, what will he do today? My guess is that he stops enroute. Maybe at Cold Springs [60.8 miles] or Eastgate [55.2 miles], depending on whether he chooses the northern [longer/flatter] route of the southern [shorter/hillier] route. There is also Middlegate [47.1 miles] just before Highway 50 bears off to the left. Earlier I did a Google Earth flyover Highway 50 to Austin—quite an interesting route. You can’t tell a lot from the graphic below, but here is a Google Map of the topography. Austin sits just off the map, to the east, at the base of Mt. Prometheus
Rafael has posted new comments to his blog—no Day10 pictures yet.
I welcome your comments…
–jim
Fallon realized @ 9:00 p.m. PDT
Congratulation Mr. Giraldo—not at the city-limits, but downtown at his place of lodging.
