Drinkstrong Japan Livestream – Day 6 Taketa to Shikoku
An omelette. Mayonnaise ham corn. What’s it going to be? Heat. Heat. Open [Music] the battle. Go. Whatever. Whatever. God, it’s hot here. It’s hot on this wall. I think we’re going to have to move. It’s got to be close to 40° on those black wall. And it is it’s cooking cooking. We move sun. This is better. Oh, there you guys are. Started a live smell. I know the smells of Inennisville. Yeah, it’s so hot on that wall. So hot. Oh yeah, did some footage of underwater. Z with his camera. We did some good swimming. Oh, now I’m smelling that. We did some good swimming yesterday. Really good. We’re going to try and swim today. Oh, it stinks. Perfect. Good, homie. Got the sushi. Thank you. That’s pretty good, bud. You’ve been studying up. I’m just saying we’re going to have to We’re going to be coming here more often. We’re going to have to Oh, yeah. That’s right, man. We got to study more Japanese then cuz it’s it’s costing us. Yeah, I can really that hard wind. That’s a big day of riding today, guys. This is the of the ride. in our final destinational ride this morning. Incredible. Could have done a couple days of this more. I mean, unfortunately, it really stinks. But it’s either or [Music] the stink. Oh man, it’s so that’s the only that’s easy to st back here. Come on, man. Um, yesterday and uh You pay your timing barbecue tongs and then you got a bowl rice bags like marinated meat and you just cooked. So I’ll post that much service that’s Huh? I think annoying things too. This guy kind of was snoring like crazy. I’ll go to sleep. I got about 3 hours. there. You know, this is definitely not the VIP area. Gross. Stink so bad. Yeah. family before that barbecue. Yeah. police. You are. I got to reposition. There must be sewer coming out. I wanted I’d rather Then smell that here. So is it basically city driving now? Tim has us doing one more stretch. Okay. Okay. It’s got a little surprise in here. There it is. There’s actually like a lemon. This one’s Yeah. Real lemon. This might be my new my new try it. We wore a little brake pad on that last stretch, boys. You rubbed them down a bit. Drop a pin where we’re at here. I don’t have much brake, but I got to pull that cables. I ain’t doing that now. Let’s get out of sewer lane. Your brakes are sewer lane is in my head. Yeah, I’m going to do a sewer lane. Put it in the chat. There you go. For those that are following along, where’s he going? Calibrating. Calibrating. Yep, he’s ready. You ready? Yeah. I just need a sec. We’re going to hit the road. I hate it when these guys rush me. back up. So this is the suburbs of Coochi basically. And Kochi is a big city. Not real big, but big enough that big enough that we’re not looking forward to this ride. Don’t mind the wires. Uhoh. Drive. See what happens when they rush me. Can’t be rushed. It’s not good. It’s not good mojo to rush me. Now they’re way up there. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. No, I wasn’t ready. I like my [ __ ] was all over the place. I just cracked a drink. Oh, I’m sorry. You want to find somewhere? I have a beer I can crush, too. Sorry. I thought we were ready. My bad. Dropping stuff. All right. Is it one of those wide mouths? Yeah. Better find some shade. It’s okay. Sure. Yeah. Got to climb surprised no one to hear. It’s another warm day. It’s uh very warm. Look at that. It’s just a big box of engines. Japanese auto record. Sun’s got some power to me. Little shade. What’s that? Oh, just finishing my drink here. Somewhere to dump this can. [Applause] Yaki yaky life. No idea what that is. Yaki life or what that does. Yaki yaki life. Huh? Look at that guy. You got to have a clean truck. He’s ching it up. That’s pretty good. Nice. It’s pretty shiny. It’s doing a good job. Chrome is a big thing here on those trucks. You got to be looking good. You got to be looking good on the on the trucks. Ah, that breeze is welcome. stayed in a cabin last night alongside a little babbling brook. It was incredible. The Shimanto River, we had a big barbecue cookout. We really made the most of it. Uh, that said, it was early night. We got to go across, bud. I guess I don’t know. No, we’re good. All right. So, it’s trying to make sense of the map. Got to calibrate. How’s Pufet, dude? He’s like He was talking to Are you recording? I I think I’m still live. Yeah. Oh, we’re live. I think so. Yeah. What’s up, fam? Let’s talk to James. He’s coming next time. He’s coming. He’s in there. And there will be a next 100%. You guys are going to be so sick of us riding in Japan. We’re just like we haven’t even scratched the surface. Like we’ve seen nothing. I have a new We’ve seen so much, but we’ve seen nothing. What makes this the best bike touring you’ve ever done? Okay. Uh Okay, I should record this. Hold on. What makes this the best bike touring you’ve ever done? Okay. I I haven’t I won’t claim to do the bike time. I’ve done a number of tours. probably 10 four or five states in the US, two provinces. But what makes this the best is the roads. Like they’re so paved and quiet and if you find the back roads, they’re just amazing. Um the infrastructure like trains, hotels, airports, straight looks like this. But the food is amazing and readily available. And the price, you can’t beat it. Like I you could do a twoe bike tour in Japan for three grand including your flights. Yeah. Easy, man. And we I don’t know. We We probably spent on average with hotels 100 bucks a day. Maybe 130 if our hotel was more. Yeah. Yeah. And just like the scenery like and the weather and the weather. Scenery, the weather. And the people are nice. It’s safe. Yeah. No crime. Like we just leave our bikes out front and we just went to the convenience store or at the side. We couldn’t even see them. We just left them. Don’t even worry about it. It’s a very convenient. Very convenient. Very safe. It’s It’s complicated at the same time. And the language barrier sometimes is a pain in the ass. What are we supposed to do here? I think we’re not going to cross. Oh, okay. Thank you. And then we’re going to ride this trail. Okay. Oh, and the swimming pool. the swimming halls. [Music] What time is it back home? I don’t know. I I have no idea. I think it’s fairly late. Hey Siri, what time is it in Calgary? 9:39. Oh, that’s not bad. Moana. What? Moana though. Moana. How do you say good evening and Jeff? Isn’t that it? I need to work on my Japanese. Oh, red light. We all do. We’re We’re coming to the end of our trip just in time. We have no brakes. Our brakes are burnt. Yeah. Let’s see. We’re still connected. Who do we got? Who we got in the chat here? All right. Oh, we’re going Are no mods? We got no moderators in the chat or what? It’s a free-for-all. Yeah. Get in while the mods are gone. moderate this. I’m gonna moderate this. I think we can go. What do you guys think? Maybe. What color is the light? Oh, okay. Is it working? All zeros. Yeah. So, here’s a liquor vending machine. No, it’s working. Yeah, it’s actually working. It’s on. It takes ID. I don’t know if RD R ID would work in it, though. There’s a liquor vending machine. Quiet in the street. team’s done an excellent job of minimizing our exposure to busy roads. Excellent. [Music] Tomorrow are we? from Kochi to Narina Airport and then we will leave again until the next afternoon. It’s sucks cuz we pretty much lose a day of riding. But the availability of flights was very limited. There’s only one flight a day from Coochi. Yeah, one flight a day. It was 240. This is good. We don’t get super early. What kind of a climbing we got here? 4K. Oh boy. Oh [ __ ] Oh jeez. Let’s Let’s pull over here. I’m about ready. Holy holy. Oh, guys. That’s there with uh the aso climb. Holy. It’s a great wall. Wow. Okay, chat. We’re going to need some inspiration. Um, I’m going to just have a little bathroom break and have a drink of water. Do I explore a work around? What are we feeling? Do we climb this giant hill or do we find another route? It’s good live for you here. Sorry y’all. Where are we? Is this that big one guys? Yeah, this the big boy. This is the big daddy. So there is a train back there climb is like in the trees here. Yeah, he he tried climbing and then he gave up. He’s like heck with this. No way. It’s 4 km long. Averages 7%. That looks like more in 7%. But look at the look at this and then it levels out. Well, kind of levels. So, here we are on the map. Yeah. And then we’re going up that road. Um, either like a monkey. That’s the darker. The red monkey. Black part. Seen any monkey? surprising or maybe not. We have seen very, very little wildlife. I’m ready. Big push. We said we were going to do a big push on our last day. This I got to finish this beer. This is the worst time to crack a beer before a huge one. You mean it’s the least best time? Yeah. The least best time to crack? Yeah, it’s still good. Don’t make it sound negative. There might not be much talking on this climb. Oh, my drivetrain is just filthy. Filthy. We’re just going to granny gear our way up, chat. This is going to be a boring climb. You’re going to hear a lot of huffing and puffing. I don’t have a my for [ __ ] sakes cuz I’m lazy and didn’t fix my fender. Well, I’m going to start. Brad’s going to start. Brad’s going to start us out. Jen says I’m actually laughing out loud right now. Jen’s laughing. I don’t know if she’s laughing at you, but she’s laughing. Hey, call me if Brad’s going first. Call me if it’s hard. Yeah, it’s hard. Glad we could entertain Jen. That’s our goal here. He says, uh, this is all part of it. Jen says, “You look great.” She says, “Love you, boo.” Look at him go, Jen. Look at him go. Can she see the up there, too, that [ __ ] Yeah, he’s This is his trick. He’s like, I’m slow. I’m going to go first. Oh, you guys. And then he’s going to be at the top before us eating ice cream. He’s like, “Look, there’s an ice cream vendor.” Oh, guys, don’t do it. It’s horrible up here. No, he’s been What is that? Monkey. Yeah, sounds monkeyish. It’s not an owl. Like, it’s midday. Uh oh, he’s No. No. Oh, no. He’s still gone. Is that That’s That’s a bird. It’s the same bird. All right. This hill’s not going to climb itself, I guess. No, take your time, man. Unlike you. I’m not going to rush you while you drink your beer. I apologize. I didn’t I I saw you come around to join us. I thought we were Universal. Go Susaki. Yeah, we’re going to Susaki. We just left Susaki. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we left. Let’s just suck it to me. Go, Brad. Go. Woo. Doesn’t look that bad now that he’s up there. He’s going. He’s grinding. Let’s get a better camera angle for the people. People don’t want to see. That is a doozy. And right at the hot part of the day, it’s only 4K. It’s only Yeah, we’ll do it. We’ll stop every kilometer for water. Yeah. Yep. Do it in section. All right. Here we go. Holy. [Music] Just got to get into the rhythm. Yep. go through city views. Make the most of the last sort of I doubt you can see sign says sign says what 10% grade. Oh, the sign says the sign says 12. Yeah, feels like 12%. I feel like we’re going straight up this mountain. Sorry about the heavy panting, you guys. There’s nothing I can do about it. Tim Jim’s coming up hard behind me. He’s got no granny gear. The bonus is he gets done quicker. [Music] It’s a little high thing. Here we are. Cheers on, guys. Cheers on. We need it. This is It’s a grind. Here comes Team Jim. Unbelievable. This guy’s a game full. Good news is it’s only 33.6° C. 33 humidity. There’s Brad. Wise. One thing I learned with Yeah. You’ll certainly go the wrong way. Oh, yeah. Right. Holy that. Your wife was Your wife was laughing at you, Brad, in a loving way. Peace. She says my misery. Trying to find a way out. Comical. Can’t see. Benny’s happy to see you alive. Okay, we made it a half a kilometer. Only three and a half to go. Only three and a half more. Is that the steep? I don’t know. Tell me it’s the steepest section. Make me feel in there. Is it? I want to say no. Then it isn’t. I think we need to [Applause] douse the hand Kchief. Yeah. Probably wet kerchief. I might have to break out the buff as well. Just stinks so bad. That’s the thing. Yeah. You going to wash it or? Well, I can wash it. I don’t think it’s going to get the stink out. It’s that polyester craft. It’s just general smell of it. It’s just the general smell. And the other thing is is that um I was I was just going to throw it away, but then I was like, well, I might be able to use it kind of help protect my bike in some fashion when we go on the ride. Might be good to cover something up. So, I just decided to hang on to it. Oh, I’m starting to get a little stanky myself. Get a stanky leg. Yeah, we’re going that way. PL goes that way. Maybe we don’t have to do it. I’m pretty sure the lake is also uphill. Yeah. Looks like Oh, there’s mountain. All right. [Music] Oh, that breeze. Oh, that breeze really is lifting me up right now. Yeah. Nice that there’s a bike lane on that main road. Oh, yeah. cuz we take those all the time. Okay, so we’re going right. Going right. Tim says I’m going We’re going to Sakumi. Saka Tutumi. Saka Sakawa. Oh, we missed a big tunnel over there. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, it looks like we’re going through a tunnel. Tim, you got a tunnel on your thing? Yeah. Okay. Well, this is probably where we’re going to say goodbye to the chat most likely, I would imagine. Thanks everybody for joining us. Thanks to our families for allowing us to go. If we don’t lose you, we’ll see you on the other side. Well, this is more like 3 days. Still a climb. We made it. I think you guys are still there. Can’t actually tell unless I stop and look at my phone. So maybe I’m just talking to myself right now. I don’t know. Nice view over there. Climbed up quite a bit already. Better sit here and wait in case we’re Hi guys. Pari sweat. This commercial break brought to you by Picari sweat. When you’re sweating and you need a healthy beverage that is smoothly supplies the lost water and electrolytes during perspiration with the appropriate density and electrolytes close to that it can easily be absorbed into the body. Make it a hari sweat. Who you got there? The poof or you just recording? Sorry. Sorry. Roadside stand. Oh, they’re selling those chestnuts. One bag. One bag for $2. Shout out. Shout out roadside stands. Oh man. The climb continues. Hearing a very loud warning siren in the distance, like an air horn. An air siren. I think it’s stopped now. We’re up there. Heat. Heat. Momo Ki Momo Kizaka tunnel. Momo Kizaka tunnel, you guys. Built in 2004. December 2004. Tunnel followed by followed by another tunnel. Last call. Not no climb in this instance. Just last climb. Oh, that breeze is nice, huh? Oh, maybe the tunnel’s not open yet. Definitely looks closed. Looks like we’re taking an alternate route. Maybe. What do you think, chat? Take the tunnel. Take the road. Tunnel road. Tunnel. Road. Tunnel road. Stay tuned for the next episode. What will he do? Pretty dark in that tunnel. I’m thinking that’s a no. I don’t know, dude. It’s pretty dark. the Nodaki tunnel. What’s this one down here? That’s just a road. Um, might also be a tunnel, though. 296 m. So, it’s short. That’s a good bit of math. Oh, I got I got a public announcement. A public announcement? Yeah. For for Tyler Sharky. What’s that? What’s the announcer? You [Music] want to get demonetized? Oh yeah, that’s it. That’s all you get. That’s all you get. We probably already got demonetized. That’s it. Our bankroll is and crushed. I don’t Okay, so the root house is going that way. Okay. All the wrench is in. But this tunnel No. No. Tina’s there. I don’t know. I don’t know where. Tina asked if I ate any good pimmons lately. No, I got the squirts this morning if that means anything. Sure you did. I spent some time actually. Like the tunnel. This tunnel does go intersects our route. You want to take want to take a gamble? Clearly closed. Really close. But I kind of want to do it. You kind of want to check it out. Yeah. Well, it’s 200 m, so go in there. 300. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, let’s do it. We’re almost done our tour. What’s the worst thing that could happen? The tunnel blows up and collapses on us. All right, chat. Are we still on the chat? I thought they were Yeah, we’re still live. We didn’t lose them in the We’re going to lose now. We’re not good at following directions. We didn’t know it was closed. We’re just going to play dumb. We thought it was for cyclists. We might be the This looks brand new. We might be the first cyclist to ever go through the through the Naki tunnel. I don’t know. Damn, it looks dark back there. Yeah, I don’t like it’s gravel. It’s dark. Oh, I can see light.
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