Show Notes
Kegeti Pass is one of the best mountain passes in all of Kyrgyzstan. Control Car 1 spent a gorgeous sunny day, catching riders as they make their way toward the summit after the brutal hike-a-bike over Ukok the day before. What comes out, between the switchbacks, is everything at once — Kristen close to tears one minute and calling herself invincible the next, Paul laughing off a welded frame and a breakfast of sheep-butt fat, Nick finding the wire he needs wrapped around his own cassette. Two years lived in ten days, as one rider puts it: not sure whether to laugh or cry, and doing both.
Riders featured in this episode:
Antti Laaksonen — Cap 220A Teemu Lemmettylä — Cap 220B Paul Creusvaux — Cap 39 Kristen Tonsager — Cap 168 Andrei Ostanin — Cap 124 Rasmus Bozyk — Cap 202A Nick Perkins — Cap 126
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