Voice Post: 2010 PMC Fri Amherst

[ornoth]

The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.

Hi, this is a report from Atkins Farm in Amherst, which is 60 miles into the 95-mile ride for today. Sorry I haven't updated previously, but we were out of service range in the woods of western Mass.

We've done both Jacob's Ladder, which wasn't terribly bad but with a fun descent on the other side, and then we did the big hill on Route 66 which was just insanely difficult. But we all made it up okay (in time) and another screaming descent on the other side into Northampton.

Everything's good, except I did have a front tire puncture on the way up Jacob's Ladder, but we had assistance from our friend David Katz and his group, who are also doing the same kind of ride.

So we've been having a few adventures, but it's beautiful weather out, generally got a tailwind, and we're 6/9ths of the way through the ride for today. So things are holding together pretty well.

Sorry for the late update; we'll have another update probably when we arrive in Sturbridge, which will probably be two or three hours from now.

Enjoying the day, and thanks everyone for your support, your donations, and for staying in touch.