Meeting Our Match - 86 kilometers
Hami -- Fri, Aug 12, 2005
Wen Ray had a plan -- head north into the mountains before going west to Urumqi. What he failed to account for was the wind, the ascent, the lack of towns, his lack of a sleeping bag, water, the road, etc., etc.

I went ahead of Wen Ray and Fang Weng Guang and after some of the most grueling kilometers of the trip (literaly winds that would barely let you pass, going up steep grades) -- I assessed we wouldn't make our target for the day. This was fine with me, I had a tent, I could rough it... but Wen Ray had none...

I went back 10km (and it was fun going downhill with the wind) and asked the guys -- what do you think. Wen Ray made the call and the northern route was called off. Back to my orginal plan, route 312, the following day. We'll just call today a training day in the hills ;)