Polar circle Friday August 24, 2007
Hello,
Jean and Nicolas are now at the north of the polar circle. They spend the night from wednesday to thursday just sleeping on it. Today or tomorrow they should go by the Atigun pass (1415 m/4643 ft) and consequently have some nice rises to climb… But they seem to have a beautiful weather and the landscape are much wonderful than they expected. If they keep their rythm they should be in Prudhoe Bay by Sunday or Monday, before coming back to Fairbanks by hitchhiking. And they might not have any access to internet before beeing again at Fairbanks.
Here you can have an idea of their way from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay. The Atigun pass is (I suppose) where there is this “little” moutains chain quite white. (you can double click on the map to be “closer”)
To see a bigger map
Besides, once in Fairbanks they had the opportunity to weigh their cycles. So, considering they had all their equipment plus food for twelve days, what was the weight of Nicolas’s one. I have no idea myself and Nicolas has not determined yet what will win the one who’ll have the good answer (or at least will be the closest of the right weight), but do not hesitate to suggest your answer in the comments.
And at Last, because they won’t have internet before many days, I added myself three new drawings.
Pascal 11.06 am
Bon, je me lance… je vais dire 43 kg, sans Nicolas. Un peu plus, avec.
Jerome 3.01 pm
44kg!
(tiens… une réminiscence du Juste Prix)
LTonton 5.13 am
34 kg
mumu 5.43 am
Bon, allez, moi je vais dire 38,460 kg, histoire de.
seb 10.25 am
Je dirais 14kg de vélo et 20 kg de bagages soit 34 kg mais pour ne pas copier Tonton, je vais dire 33 kg.
Doomie 11.15 am
39.865 (avg of the previous ones :))
this is sort of the “mean-field” estimate of the markov chain. or smth like that
Anne 9.28 am
Pourquoi pas 41,764 kg?
nicolas 6.53 pm
Let’s close the contest on September, 6th, the day of our arrival in Anchorage.
I can also say that there is room for improvement.