Flat Tire

Coming down this mountain slope from the Highest Paved Road in NZ (shown here) we got a flat just before it got dark. It was all really fun switchbacks with no shoulder and blind corners (a blast to drive!) so we couldn't easily pull over. We had to go about 1/3 of the way down before we could find a pulloff. Totalled the tire - hole was too big to patch, and we had to run it flat long enough to get off the road, so we basically pulverized the sidewall and melted the tire at the same time. Oh, and it was really cold and windy. Never before have we changed a tire so quickly. :)