"The hardest thing I've ever done" : Tim
Today was tough. All day was spent traversing mountain valleys and the ridges in between, making our way Southwestwards towards the Pacific. The mountain scenery was spectacular - the most scenic day of the trip - but with beauty comes a price (doesn't it always?). Of the 123km logged, only about 20km was flat-ish - that means at least 50km of climbing today - but since we ended up higher in elevation (1400 metres above sea level) than where we started (900m) , the split is probably closer to 60km up, 40km down. The grades are moderate, at least - mostly in the 4% to 8% range - meaning that we can "spin" up the climbs without crazy suffering. Suffering, of course, is all relative - i.e. we suffered less than, say, taking repeated baseball bat hits to the thighs and calves.
The final 3 hours of riding was in the direct, hot overhead Sun, adding its own "challenge" to that which we were already facing. A 20km climb towards the end of the day was its own unique "challenge" that Tim particularly relished and will not forget for a long, long time. Still, we made it, we're not dead, and we're riding tomorrow. Its 240km of mountains from here to the coast.
A long, winding, fun descent ahead to the town below (Iguala). There was a posted speed limit of 50km/h on this descent that was quite laughable. But what goes down...
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