Wednesday, September 26, 2007

the days after


again a big thanx to all that participate on this tour
(mentaly and/or physicly)


sum up stats:
14500km
125000hm (1100 meters per riding day)
114 riding days / 20 days off

doing some serious extrem couching and starting to get informations and pictures ready for the upload.

day 134


km 14489,59
landeck - hoechst
125,09km
1170hm
it got dry up the arlbergpass, but on the other side was the this cold wet weather with thick fog. so i put on the rain cloth, but i still had to stop in the middle of the downhill as it got so cold that i couldnĀ“t steer anymore.

day 133




km 14364,50
bozen - landeck
184,15km
1705hm
there were different routes to cross the alps. at the end the weatherforcast made the decision (cold wet fronts from the west and the south). nice riding on the etsch-bike way up the reschenpass. i tried to use as much of the daylight as possible, so i might get dry over the mountains.

day 132





km 14180,35
motta - bozen
158,80km
1355hm
getting ready for the climbs that might follow riding over the alps.
i bought some good food on the market everything else is closed on sundays around the "rich" south tirol.

day 131





km 14021,55
vaccolina - motta
158,87km
146hm
nice views along the lido and on the ferries around venezia.

day 130



km 13862,68
senigallia - vaccolina
183,08km
467hm
nice riding alond the coast and up the parc nat. del monte bartolo.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

day 129



km 13679,80
ancona - senigallia
29,6km
26hm
back on the italian roads after 19 hours on the ferry. almost no campgrounds in albania - dozens of closed campgrounds around here as the saison seems to be over - the result the same - wildcamping.