On the morning of Friday, June 9, 190 brave individuals set out from Banff, Alberta, on a 4396 kilometre race, south to Antelope Wells on the border of Mexico.
Over the course of this journey, the unassisted mountain bikers will travel through two Canadian provinces, and five American states. The riders will endure nearly 200,000 feet of vertical climbing, and some aim to complete this in just 14 days.
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