Started off at 8.30am, easy 8km start before the last challenging climb of our trip, a 12km climb which actually seemed harder than the one we did yesterday. Melissa had bad stomach cramps and struggled up the climb like a trooper with assistance from Cathy who has been literally pushing anyone needing help up the hills. She has been a mountain of strength on this challenge, that's for sure. Unfortunately for Mel she couldn't continue for the remainder of the day and had to travel in the support vehicle. She was very disappointed but could take take consolation that she had 
completed all the difficult sections of the ride so far and going up that last hill while unwell would have been a very difficult thing to do. Man, it was hard enough to do when fully fit.After morning tea at the top of the hill we had a rewarding downhill ride then an undulating ride past farmland and then a short climb past a dam and some more pretty countryside before reaching our destination of Er Yuan which is only a tiny town but boasts hot springs. Needless to say, we
wasted no time in making use of the hot spring pool and spent about 2 hours in it drinking and eating. Adam challenged two of our support team Cathy and Jiao to swimming races which was very entertaining. A very relaxing time for all of us after that last hard climb.
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