Not a great pic due to poor background lighting. Changed after reading thread about climbing.
Last year, i had signed up and trained for the Triple Bypass ride only to have them cancel it a day or two before the day of the ride due to emergency personnel getting pulled to help with wildfires in the Breckenridge area.
Day of ride, lots of us set off on unsupported rides. I decided to do two of three passes on my own. Many started later since we weren't going all the way to Vail. I did the first climb up Squaw Pass no problem, descended into Idaho Springs, refueled and then headed on towards Loveland Pass. Took longer than i anticipated as it was a gradual false flat all the way to Georgetown and a warm day. Got to Loveland ski resort in early afternoon. As i started the climb up the pass, i noticed dark clouds had come overhead. A couple miles up the climb the lighting and thunder started. About a mile and a half from the top, torrential rain and hail began pummeling me. I stopped, called the wife and told her to come get me as i realized i was not gonna be able to continue on to Keystone or even ride back down to Idaho Springs as i expected to be hypothermic, shortly. I then continued riding up to the top of the pass. After getting to the top, i was numb from cold as temp had drops to 45f and i had no cold weather or rain gear. I had someone else take this pic because my hands were shaking too much to hold camera still for a selfie. Thankfully, wife got there before i was too far gone.
