Alaska 2008: Dalton Highway

[lpounds]

Originally Posted by captainwelch

I made it to Deadhorse! In 8 days with minimal sleep. Exshausted, delerious, dehydrated, hypothermic, and frostbiten. Will rest here overnight as roads into town are driffted over. Plan to follow a truck convoy out of town around noon tomorrow. Will do extensive trip report when I'm back in civilization. I smell horrible

Unbelievable! Well done! You did it in 8 days but I thought it was supposed to take 30 or something?

Either way I am looking forward to anything you publish on the site.

[SqueakyOnion]

You play trombone?! In Blast!?! And you unicycle!?!

It's been a dream of mine to play trombone and euph in Blast! ever since I first saw Blast!.

I'm a eupher at UNT, but am resuming trombone lessons in the fall.

And now you're unicycling through Alaska?!

You're my new freaking hero, dude.

[seriousslacker]

Just curious if anyone has heard anything? It only took him 8 days for the first half. I hope all is well, and am looking forward to the epic write up.

[captainwelch]

I'm back in Fairbanks! A little bit slower to get back. My body is falling apart on me. My knees have some wicked clicking, my ankles feel awful. My back held out OK. I've been hallucinating for a few days now, from exhaustion I suppose. and a strange question, has anyone heard of somebody having urine in their blood from distance riding?

as far as the trip, this one is worth it, awesome scenery, and warm people along the cold trip. Anybody up for a 1000 mile endurance race next year?....

I'll have a hell of a trip write up and about 500 photos to post when I get back to the lower 48. Until then...

--mike

[unicyclist.ca]

I have more respect for you than anyone else, that is no joke.

[brendon557]

Originally Posted by captainwelch

has anyone heard of somebody having urine in their blood from distance riding?


--mike

that cant be good lol, mite wanna see a doctor for that

nice job tho, i bet it was fun


respect +1

[U-Turn]

Originally Posted by captainwelch

I'm back in Fairbanks! A little bit slower to get back. My body is falling apart on me. My knees have some wicked clicking, my ankles feel awful. My back held out OK. I've been hallucinating for a few days now, from exhaustion I suppose. and a strange question, has anyone heard of somebody having urine in their blood from distance riding?

Awesome trip!

David Stone reported blood in urine, I think, after a century ride in NYC.

[onewheeldave]

Originally Posted by captainwelch

I'm back in Fairbanks! A little bit slower to get back. My body is falling apart on me. My knees have some wicked clicking, my ankles feel awful. My back held out OK. I've been hallucinating for a few days now, from exhaustion I suppose. and a strange question, has anyone heard of somebody having urine in their blood from distance riding?


--mike

Reading your thread, I've just posted this thread-

http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/sho...82#post1029682

which is about my experiences.

In my case it definitly wasn't caused by long-distance riding, but may have been caused by some kind of seat-trauma from unicycling