WELCOME TO THE RYF TRAVEL CLUB
NOTE: Please scroll to the bottom of this page to receive all information on today's rides.
Members are asked to register for this event in order for RYF to know who is planning to join us for the ride.
This is an once-in-a-lifetime, out of this world riding experience, so don't miss it.
Members will be asked to indicate whether they will ride the shorter or longer route.
Riders will all be required to carry a route slip since this is an unfamiliar location.
We encourage members to form rocket pools from Redlands to Mars.
Please let us know if you have room available in your rocket for a passenger and bike,
plus all necessary survival gear. We will plan to meet at the IYBI Clinic at 8:00 am.
and proceed to the designated rocket launch base from there.
This ride will tour various locations traversed by the MER Opportunity Rover
starting at the Rover landing site at Eagle Crater, then following the Rover tracks
past Endurance Crater, Victoria Crater and Santa Maria Crater.
The shorter route will return from here to the starting point while the longer route
will continue to the spectacular Marathon Valley overlook before returning the Eagle Crater.
Here is a video for you to get a feel for our trip to Mars:
Category F - Snails Pace
Average speed 2 to 5 mph, with cruising speeds on flats between 4 to 7 mph. Ride length is typically 25 to 35 miles. This is often a touring and/or social ride, with some stops to regroup as necessary due to rough terrain and blowing dust at the discretion of the Route Leader.
Craters of Mars - 30
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29.4
miles
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2798
feet
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rated
33.83
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quite
impossible
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Mapping for routes on Mars is not supported by
Map My Ride and Ride with GPS. Use Google Earth maps.
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See special Instructions below to access the Craters of Mars route on Google Earth - Mars.
Category E - Slow Crawl Pace
Average speed 4 to 7 mph, with cruising speeds on flats between 6 to 10 mph. Ride length is typically 35 to 45 miles. This is often a touring and/or scenic ride, with some stops to regroup as necessary due to rough terrain and blowing dust at the discretion of the Route Leader.
Craters of Mars - 47
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46.8
miles
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4147
feet
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rated
50.61
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completely
impossible
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Mapping for routes on Mars is not supported by
Map My Ride and Ride with GPS. Use Google Earth maps.
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See special Instructions below to access the Craters of Mars route on Google Earth - Mars.
Special instructions to access Craters of Mars routes on Google Earth:
1. Open Google Earth with the link provided.
2. You may get a prompt to switch to Mars, do so.
3. Or you can Click on View, the Explore, then Mars.
4. Route should be visible. Use the "+" and "-" keys on the top right to scroll in and out.
5. On the left Sidebar, under Layers, open Mars Gallery, then open Rovers and Landers, then open MER Opportunity Rover.
6. Scroll in for details on the Rover landing and routes.
Travel Directions to get to the starting location:
Opportunity Rover Landing Site, Mars
Route through space:
Leave Earth and take the primary Earth to Mars elliptical orbit route used by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA to fly and land the Opportunity Rover to Mars. See the JPL website for more details. (Approximate distance 34,647,420 miles one-way.)
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Opportunity Rover Landing Site
and RYF Meeting Location
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Opportunity Rover Tracks on Mars
RYF Route will follow tracks
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Santa Maria Crater
RYF turn-around - short route
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To those members who are unable to join us on Mars, RYF will meet at the IYBI Clinic at 8:00 am for a Club 39 ride - Bowling Green. The details are provided below:
RYF meets at the location and time shown above for general announcements and the invocation. The rides will leave approximately 10 minutes after this time.
Category C - Touring Pace
Average speed 12 to 14 mph, with cruising speeds on flats between 16 to 22 mph. Ride length is typically 20 to 35 miles. This is often a touring and/or scenic ride, with some stops to regroup at the discretion of the Route Leader.
Participants are requested to print their own route slips from the link provided below.
Google Earth Map: Bowling Green - 39 GE
