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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kk3an" data-source="post: 1168919" data-attributes="member: 78947">Good stuff for sure....and my mentor was the late, great John Ryan, over dinner one night here in PA.My planning is really just redundancy - lots of damn redundancy - that is all. I had multiple spares of everything at the hotel just waiting for problems at the end of each BBG. And of course the only spare I needed was the one I didn't have (a spare Erica light). I came within 15 feet of doing a high-5 with a deer out there on my 4th BBG, and that was it for me - just too dangerous without real lights in rural WY. Sadly, they both failed when one failed.Other than that? I personally visit each fuel stop just prior to the ride, purchase fuel, check receipts, then I walk in and confirm their hours. Then I look for a 2nd stop within eyesight of the main one (redundancy).I only ride with a tank bag (full of tools, tire kit, pump, phone, flashlight, knife, food & drinks) and my fuel cell - no other luggage at all to keep weight down.Getting sleepy is just horrible - you can't plan for it, as you know - and it can ruin a perfectly planned ride when you have to stop and sleep.</blockquote>