FLC OF AN MDT RETURNING TO HOME BASE AFTER A LONG FLT DAY FAILED TO FOLLOW THE DEP ROUTING DURING DEP FROM A NON RADAR MOUNTAINOUS ARPT.

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DEPARTING EGE RWY 25 IFR PROC. THE TEXTUAL DESCRIPTION IS QUITE LONG AND INVOLVED. WE READ THE DEP; THEN USED LOW ENRTE CHART TO GAIN SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. THIS DEP REQUIRES TURNS TO BOTH L AND R; ALT RESTRS; AND THE LACK OF RADAR COVERAGE WITH ZDV UNTIL 14000 FT. WE WERE TO TURN R TO INTERCEPT A RADIAL TO RLG. INSTEAD A L TURN WAS MADE TRACKING OUTBOUND FROM RLG. WE RECOGNIZED OUR ERROR; AND WERE TURNING TOWARD RLG WHEN CTR QUERIED US ABOUT OUR POS. WE WERE THEN GIVEN VECTORS TO RLG AND CONTINUED OUR FLT. FATIGUE WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT. AWOKE AT XA15 AM ET FOR A YA30 SHOW. DEPARTED BED XZ36 NONSTOP TO SFO WITH JUST ENOUGH GND TIME TO FUEL AND CLEAN ACFT; FERRIED TO LAS FOR PAX PICKUP. TOTAL GND TIME AT LAS WAS 21 MINS; THEN FLEW TO EGE. WE FINALLY HAD A CHANCE TO SIT AND EAT AT EGE. WE HAD FLOWN 9 HRS AND HAD BEEN ON DUTY 11.2 HRS. AFTER EATING AT EGE AND RELAXING FOR A FEW MINS WE DEPARTED. THE COMBINATION OF FOOD AND THE LET DOWN FROM HAVING RUSHED ALL DAY MADE FOR A FATIGUING COMBINATION. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONCENTRATE; BUT THE INSIDIOUS NATURE OF FATIGUE DOESN'T MAKE IT APPARENT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. WE MADE NUMEROUS OTHER MISTAKES (NOT AS SERIOUS) THROUGHOUT THE FLT; WERE BEHIND ALL THE WAY TO DEN; AND WERE EXHAUSTED WHEN WE GOT THERE. OUR DAY ENDED WITH 9.9 HRS OF FLT TIME AND 13:57 HRS OF DUTY. WE WERE WITHIN THE FLT AND DUTY LIMITS (JUST BARELY) BUT CLRLY PERFORMING SUBPAR. WE NEED REALISTIC FLT AND DUTY LIMITS.