Day 3 Rogers pass

So I am such a fool. Who is crazy enough to take on 150 km in a day with the last 50 being all up hill and then there is the tunnels near the end of the day that are dark narrow and packed full of vehicles.

So I decides to take a chance and get a granny gear added to my bike. Currently it was 11:2ì and I was in luck and found a place in Golden on a Sunday able to change them to a 11:34  what means is that the smallest gear still has 11 teeth but the big gear now has 34 or about 20% bigger. Which really saved my Bacon as there is absolutely no way I could have done that stretch without the lower gearing. What I noticed is that when using it I would still peddle at about 9kmh but I was peddling easier and a little faster.

So I don't know which is scarier biking down a mountain in the middle of the lane as half the bridge was closed or biking up a mountain through the dark snow sheds barely moving and having to take numerous rest brakes in the them. 

I have to say that I did the last 15km hill all on heart. I took at least 2 hrs for me to bike it as I had so little energy left.  Un fact only a couple km from the top I sooooooo wanted to give up. But I made it to the top and booked a room at the hotel.  My body thanked me for the shower and hot meal. I might have been able to bike 5km down the mountain to the camping spots but at that moment I didn't care. All I wanted was to stop for the day.