Chris just called. He probably finished around 6:30. He DID do the last pass at the end but only because, he said, he was still feeling pretty good. He said they had a fair amount of shade, even on Cayuse Pass (till the last four miles), which made it more bearable than direct sun would have been. He took his time, drank a lot, stopped and sat in the shade for a few minutes when he needed to. They did a smart thing---handed out tube socks with ice that you could put around your neck, and he said he refilled his sock with ice at every stop and kept it on his neck. Sounds like he handled it intelligently and I was relieved to hear from him. It was both longer and harder than last year.
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