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praying with and for each other, lifting each other up with encouragement. Something special was happening.
The ride turned wet about two miles out of Leadville, and the rain came down in buckets. Many of us stood under a gas station awning, just waiting for the rain to let up. We stood there for several hours before splitting the group into two. One group heading over Hagerman Pass and one group taking the black top to Gypsum. Many of the men agree that the hours spent under the awning, laughing, talking,
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and praying that the rain would stop, were as memorable as the ride itself. The blacktop group soon learned that one of the Hagerman Pass riders had broken down and was stranded on the mountain. It was decided at that moment that we wouldn’ t finish the BDR but would go and help our brother the following morning( leave no one behind). The next morning, we set out on a recovery mission, which took the entire day. It was worth every second, and men worked together to rescue the stranded rider and bike. To me, it was a perfect |
God picture. Men sharpening men, rescuing one another. There was not a cross word all day, and at the end of the day, sitting around a campfire in Steamboat Springs, it was decided that this was the best disaster we could have asked for.
Our Iron Sharpens Iron Ride has evolved into an annual ride with several states duplicating the effort. In our second year, we had 19 riders and a support vehicle, but that is a story for another time. CMA
Bill and Sharon Akins serve as CMA Colorado State Coordinator.
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