Vancouver to Mexico: the statistics
Vancouver to Mexico: the statistics
Distance: 2705km/1681miles
No. of cycling days: 34
Rest days: 3
Average daily distance: 80km/50 miles
Longest day: 105km/65 miles
Shortest day: 35km/22 miles
Nights camping: 23
Warmshowers overnights: 11
Monastery overnight: 1
Motel nights: 3
Best parts: the giant redwood forests of northern California, and the dramatic coastline in Big Sur.
Least interesting: endless managed fir forests in Oregon.
Toughest climb: Mt Tamalpais 2,500ft, average gradient 7.4%, maximum slope 15%.
Best navigational tool: Google maps
Worst phone service provider: T-Mobile
Mechanicals: 1 new chain, no punctures, replacement lock.
Items left behind and recovered: 3 (barbag, lock and phone)
Items lost: 1 (gilet)
Rain: 2 hours on one day, once overnight. Amazingly dry.
Days of sunshine: 30+
Wildlife encountered: harbour seals, spouting whale, elephant seals, pelicans, egrets, cormorants, kestrels, hawks, foxes, racoons, skunks…should I go on?
Bananas eaten: about 80
Cliff bars eaten: about 60
Beers: about 30 (give or take….)
Worst coffee: French vanilla
Longest ride to my first coffee of the day: 26 miles
Longest stretch without services: 55 miles
Spontaneous assistance from passers-by: numerous occasions.
Encounters with traffic cops: 1….🙃
And as a postscript, if you have been following this journey via my webpage or Facebook, thank you for your company. My blog logged up over 10,000 hits during the journey, which made the effort of writing the posts so worthwhile.
Posted on November 1, 2018, in Vancouver to Mexico 2,700km and tagged adventure cycling, travel. Bookmark the permalink. 7 Comments.
loved seeing the stats.
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Congratulations Frank on a great achievement.
Thanks for sharing those statistics. They make interesting reading.
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Congratulations Frank! We were all with you all the way… Your journeying shows the kinder part of humanity and may even inspire the more reticent to venture out. Although maybe not on a bike without gears up a steep gradient..
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Well done Frank. Quite a journey with great hospitality along the way. Excellent. Safe journey home.
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….and they can be a bit of fun..😊
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Thanks Margaret….just learning how to walk again….😊
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Good to hear from you Susan. Yes, these journeys often remind us that people have an inbred ethic to reach out to others…
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