Velowander

Day 77 (Fri 09/22) 30F,tourist car, freezing descent

I am shivering and my hands and feet hurt from the cold when they aren't numb. I'm wearing just about everything I have including socks on my hands but it is useless at 30F + wind chill. A tourist near Cedar Breaks (which we were too cold to look at) let us warm in his car and cranked up the heat. Unfortunately, that warmth evaporated from our bodies again within minutes of our descent. Neither Mag could enjoy the descent because it was even colder because of wind chill though at least eventually warmer at lower altitude. My hands were so cold they were numb, and when I sat on them to warm them up so I could operate my brakes during the 8% downhill, they hurt because of the cold. My feet were cold too and my body was shivering.

Labels: Bike Touring

posted by David @ 9:25 AM