Gawd, too bad it's not 1-2 weeks later...would (kind of ) fit in to my training regime for Desperado (though it has more climbing than Desperado ). That week (July 10 week) is one of my "taper" weeks (I'm doing the periodization thing) and I think we were going to try to get away for a little backpacking during that "break".

How did you find out about the ride? From one of your tri buddies? Has s/he done the ride before?