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Washington Triple Crown Finisher
This year the stars aligned to allow me to complete all three major bikepacking races in Washington State. I guess that makes me a finisher of the Washington Triple Crown? The PNW Triple Crown? the Washington Bikepacking Endurance Race Triple Crown? I’m not sure of the exact name of it. Maybe no one is as…
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2026 Washington High-Lite
Annie’s Race Report of the 2026 Washington High Lite Triple Crown FInisher! I just finished up the Washington High-Lite, brainchild of race route creator Troy Hopwood. This was my third bike packing endurance race of the year. The other two were The Cross Washington/XWA, also created by Troy Hopwood and The Gravel Circumnavigation of the…
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XWA 2026
Cross Washington (XWA) 2026 Hey, I bet you’ve all been waiting to hear how my XWA race turned out! It was super, I don’t think I could have done anything better. I am very proud and satisfied with my race. This was my 4th time racing and finishing XWA. Currently I hold the record for…
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GCOR You Took My Breath Away-Literally!
GCOR 2026 June 28-July 2 Okay, so what is GCOR anyway. It stands for Grand Circumnavigation of the Olympic Mountains. The brainchild of Thomas Sumter. From bikepacking.com “GCOR is a 450-mile gravel circumnavigation of the Olympic Mountain Range in Washington State. The Olympics are a wild and remote region with old-growth rainforests, glacial-cut valleys, wild…
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GDMBR day 65 – Monday, September 18, 2023
Total miles – 2592. 45 Total ascent- 167,298 ft Lots of headwind, I had to work hard these last miles! There were a few tarantulas on the road and I accidentally rode over one. After the finish it was a couple of hours drive to El Paso where most of us are flying home from.…
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GDMBR day 63 – Saturday, September 16, 2023
Our second rest day in Silver City. I walked around the old town in the morning and was unsuccessful in getting a haircut. There were posters up around town advertising the Diamonds and Denim Ball happening tonight, to benefit the Silver City Museum. Our small group decided to go so we spent the early afternoon…
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GDMBR day 64 – Sunday, September 17, 2023
Total miles – 2547.45 Total ascent – 166,773 ft Second to the last day and it was a long one.
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GDMBR day 62 – Friday, September 15, 2023
A rest day in Silver City, New Mexico. After a leisurely morning Tim, Sarah, Jen and I rented a car and drove about and hour and a half to see the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. The drive was twisty and mountainous but beautiful. That pretty much filled up our day. We finished with dinner…
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GDMBR day 61 – Thursday, September 14, 2023
Total miles – 2469 Total ascent – 164,299 ft We decided to do a bigger day today and push all the way to Silver City. This will give us two rest days in Silver City before our final two days to the border. Jen and I saw a herd of javelinas but they moved too…
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GDMBR day 60 – Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Total miles – 2382.95 Total ascent – 159,388 ft We started out on wet and sometimes slippery dirt roads. Ten miles of that and then onto the two lane highway for about 39 miles. The landscape reminded me of rural Oregon. Rolling, wooded hills and farms. Thankfully the road wasn’t very busy. It never did…
