By Chris Joseph

Kokopelli Trail May 1-3 2014

• 136 total miles (218 km) in 22 hours ride time, 50 hours Total time
• Lessons learned:
• Good people and water are very, very valuable
• Bike shoes are not made for hiking
• Garmin doesn’t always know the way
• Cliff bars make a good adhesive for gluing teeth back in
• Taking photos requires energy. Less energy = less photos
• The comfort of sleeping on the ground increases exponentially depending on how tired you are
• When very dehydrated and hallucinating rocks can sometimes look like boxes stacked neatly on the trail in front of you
• The words “man up” can be humorous or humiliating depending on the point of origin
• Chainring wounds look similar to shark bites, only with a little grease mixed into the blood

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