Silk Road Mountain Race (SRMR)

Sounds like an even tougher day

• 43 scratches now, 50 still riding
  
• lots of riders holed up in naryn with the shits, including shell. He's going to wait for 1-2 days as there's a storm coming in. Will then be tight for time and may not make it.
  
• petervary going strong, well clear of the front
  
• new guy in second, bagoly levante (DK him)
  
• altitude is higher than I thought, the is a 4000m pass (which petervary walked over in a blizzard, whatever the guy did in the past he is earning massive respect for this one) and a fair bit over 3,000 m so altitude sickness could become a risk.
  
• temperature swings, they are getting -6 to +35.
  
• loads of amazing photos on Facebook of scenery and the locals.
  
  

Fucking glad I didn't do it!