Introduction

Dave Evans’ bicycle trips seem to have become annual events. Last year we gathered in southern France and rode the Pyrenees. This year had to be a bit less taxing on the wallet so we planned to meet at Dave and Pattie Evans’ house and attempt another trip through the Rockies.Dave, Dick, Nate (husband of Pattie’s cousin), and I spent a week riding through the Rockies in 1999. This year we had also planned on a multi-day trip through the Rockies, but somewhat less demanding. However, in the end, we settled on three days of riding using Dave and Pattie’s house as a hub. The first couple of days would be consist of shorter rides to allow us flat-landers to acclimate to the altitude; and the final day would be an attempt on Mt. Evans. Bicycling up Mt. Evans is always a crap shoot — the weather can turn in a moment or altitude sickness can cause good intentions to force other plans.

First, the players. Again, I didn’t get current individual photographs of everyone, just the various group shots during the trip:

• Dave Evans — Directeur Sportif
• Terry Dahl — long time friend of Dave
• Russ Loucks (me) — long time friend of Dave