Ethan

Like many people in the Gunnison/Crested Butte area we have become glued to the live spot tracking of the Tour divide race.
www.tourdivide.org
With three Gunnison/Crested Butte riders in the top four overall its addicting and very inspiring to watch their progress southward.
Last night we saw that team Alpine Ortho rider Ethan Passant was riding over the Continental divide via Marshall pass to Sargents, CO.
Bryan Wickenhauser loaded Brian Smith, Myself, and Jarral Ryter into his truck and took us on a late night tiki tour up to cheer on Ethan. We ran into him at 1800 miles into his race high on Marshall pass.  Pretty cool close to 11pm at close to 11,000 ft we saw one lonely set of lights coming down the mountain toward us.

its never too late, dark, cold, or early to geek out over someones bike and equipment choices. Brian and Jarral checking out Ethans rig.

Self admittedly a little delirious and sporting  a sore knee he was otherwise in good spirits and ready for some desert warmth. The night before had been spent in a prefab post office building in Como to hide from the snow. Bonus it was open double bonus it was heated.
Have to say the legend of Ethan is Growing!
Good luck for the next week we'll all be following.