
First 20 miles out of Pueblo were pretty easy - rolling hills. But as soon as I started to climb the Rocky Mountains, I began to get elevation sickness. At around 6000 feet, it became extremely hard to breathe, I got a pounding headache and I really just wanted to sleep. Seeing as there is no shoulder or shelter going up to 9000 feet today, I just kept biking/hiking (some of the slopes were too steep to even bother.)
After about 2 hours of wanting to go back down the mountain so that I could breathe, I got acclimated to the elevation. Sadly, the highest I have to climb is still up to 11,000+ and I don't know how well I can adapt to that.
I love the look some people give me when they pass me on a really steep slope. I'm steadily riding my bike and they give me this look like "What the H#$% is he doing, climbing this ridiculous slope?" I wonder the same all the time.

Distance traveled: 56 miles
Time outside: 10 hours
Temp low: 54 degrees (its so cold)
Pueblo, CO >> Westcliffe, CO
Shoutout to all the cyclists I met on the road today and thanks to John for the elevation sickness advice.
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