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Sunday 7/16/06Batesland, SD to Mission, SD: 79 miles on US-18 Shortly after we started riding
Uh, much more than Ò8Ó – we think sweat went to at least 11. Just west of Mission
A few-hundred foot climb up from Soldier Creek (click map to enlarge) into the scorching wind towards US-83 and Mission pushed David over the line towards heat exhaustion. We piled into the van to portage to our hotel in Winner, and found that US-18 was closed between Mission and Winner, forcing a 70-mile detour. We decided to ride from Winner in the morning, rather than portaging back around the detour. It was so hot that taking a breath outside was like breathing from an oven. Exhaling felt cooler. Mission, SD
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