Hopkins 4K for Cancer

photos 2006 : week 7

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new york city jackalopes

going from naturita, CO to moab, UT. the clouds were so low that morning that we could've reached up and plucked them out of the sky

yaba daba doo from bedrock, CO

team let's-chase-state-signs! but team world cup already left before we got there

last stretch out of colorado

ersin was pumping it for the world cup

little did eric know, leaving colorado didn't turn out to be so great after all...

welcome to the beehive state

the best van drivers ever in their summer sunshine dresses

derick's the first person ever in 4k history to succeed in climbing the utah sign. derick, you're my hero.

"U" is for UUTAARRR

team liquigas' secret member

4k pride at moab's arches national park

one group made a strenuous 0.5-mile climb to see the delicate arch from far away

another group hiked a little more to actually get to the arch

face off of the public schools. LET'S GO BLUE and GO BEARS

when in doubt (or when termite's laptop's gone), refer to the atlas

our sleeping quarters at blanding high school

team pink katie

a HOT riding day into hite, UT

hot days, tired riders

we're smiling, but we were actually dying from the heat

fumi has a cheese box butte on her head

our first day of camping in hite, UT.

who camps in mountainous desert canyonland?!

katie ross, raffi, and jake riding up into the canyons to get to capitol reef, UT

this tar-riddled, gravel-ey climb SUCKED

susy's an amazing trooper. she managed to bike on an injured knee... and with a pinched nerve!

showering in a waterfall 7 miles from our capitol reef campsite

we ran into a utah-cruising cobra club. and then we traded.

detour on the way to escalante, UT

we took the grand escalator to hell's backbone. okay, so it was actually hog's backbone. close enough.

raffi giving the cancer presentation to our escalante hosts

with one of our escalante hosts

breakfast with the british chaps of cross country for cancer

moment of silence with ccc. where i had a "nose hemorrhage" :p

thanks for all your hospitality, winnie!

pop a wheely

a sign of something good to come

we ran into a bunch of other people who were also biking across the country, including jane's appeal (janesappeal.com)

approaching the last climb leading to bryce canyon, UT

a delicious buffet before seeing the rodeo

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