The Bike Touring Pages of Chris X. Edwards Chris X Edwards & Dennis G. Richter Seattle, Washington to San Diego, California Summer 1992

In the summer of 1992, I, Chris X Edwards, and Dennis G. Richter successfully completed two of the most grueling ordeals of our lives. The first and most mentally punishing was the "successful" completion of our very bitter campaign to obtain engineering degrees from the University of Cincinnati. The second adventure was a celebration of the completion of the first. It was to show the world that our university experience had made us rather impervious to any form of torture.

When I look back on this trip, I remember it being very tough, but as I review the numbers, I am astounded! I can hardly believe that we did what the photographic evidence suggests we must have done. Consider the following statistics:

Event	Days Riding	Total Distance	Daily Average	Rest Days
2000 Tour de France	21	2255 [3630]	107 [173]	2
Our ride	19	1817 [2924]	96 [154]	0
2000 Vuelta A Espana	21	1798 [2894]	86 [138]	2

Of course, we didn't encounter the Alps or the Pyrenees, although there was plenty of climbing on the rough Pacific coastline. Of course we weren't going as fast as the pace of professional racers. On the other hand, we didn't have soigneurs (personal masseurs that all professional teams have), mechanics, or a huge peloton to draft. In fact, we usually didn't have hotel rooms as we camped over a dozen times during the trip. Oh ya! (Dennis just reminded me!) Professionals don't have to carry 30kg (65lbs) of gear!

This web page is a small monument to our aggressive adventure. The pictures we took are included here as well as complete transcripts of our feeble but regular journals. As you read these documents, bear in mind our greatly reduced mental alacrity at the end of each day. But mostly, this web page is for two people - me and Dennis. It is the yield of an investment we made in our future good memories.

So to everyone who looks at these pages - enjoy and may you find inspiration. To Dennis - is this a trip, or what?!!

	Day	1992	daily miles	total miles	daily km	total km
	0	June 6	0	0	0	0
	1	June 7	53	53	85	85
	2	June 8	94	147	151	237
	3	June 9	95	242	153	390
	4	June 10	77	319	124	513
	5	June 11	90	409	145	658
	6	June 12	71	480	114	772
	7	June 13	103	583	166	938
	8	June 14	120	703	193	1131
	9	June 15	117	820	188	1319
	10	June 16	126	946	203	1522
	11	June 17	103	1049	166	1688
	12	June 18	35	1084	56	1745
	13	June 19	116	1200	187	1931
	14	June 20	110	1310	177	2108
	15	June 21	64	1374	103	2211
	16	June 22	99	1473	159	2371
	17	June 23	118	1591	190	2560
	18	June 24	132	1723	212	2772
	19	June 25	94	1817	151	2924

The photos are organized onto index pages for easy reference. You can use one of the photo index pages to find a specific photo or you can start at the beginning and work your way through all of the photos in chronological order.

Photo Index One - May 1992 to 7 June 1992

Photo Index Two - 7 June 1992 to 10 June 1992

Photo Index Three - 10 June 1992 to 12 June 1992

Photo Index Four - 13 June 1992 to 14 June 1992

Photo Index Five - 15 June 1992 to 17 June 1992

Photo Index Six - 17 June 1992 to 21 June 1992

Photo Index Seven - 21 June 1992 to 22 June 1992

Photo Index Eight - 23 June 1992 to 25 June 1992

Photo Index Nine - 25 June 1992

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Chris X. Edwards ~ August 2000