Mind Preparation

By: Dave Wonderly Why would I want to do something like this, is a question I have gotten over the years for many different adventures, epics and failures? Sir Edmund Hillary was famously asked a similar question about risking it all to climb Mt. Everest. His reply...

Post by Tony Leibelt: I'm a FF/EMT that has a fair amount of experience with off-road motorcycle accidents. Some of those have been my own crashes but the last few years have had experience riding Desert 100 and 24 team race events as a medical rider. Put 3000 riders...

Monitor your breathing and fatigue to pace yourself... except when you are fighting to avoid crashing or to get up a hill. Take a moment to look at, or even modify a tricky obstacle. The time and effort to recover from a crash or getting stuck on a hill is far greater...

Carry light, high energy food that will provide at least 2000 calories when you start your day. This is not for survival if you get disabled, as much as to keep your body engine fueled while you perform along the route. Look for trail food that has at least 100...