Sunday, 27 September 2009
4th day in the Alps...being tagged as the crazy guy
well, - there was no 4th day in the Alps for us.
However, I said to myself I will probably not be here again for some time, so getting up early in the morning, before leaving back to the airport, I got up and climbed the Alpe dHuez again.
this, again was tough, but I knew what to expect, so not as bad as yesterday.
however - you can see in the pictures I took of myself, I tried to smile, but actually look quite miserable.
it was worth it!!!!
3rd day in the Alps
2nd day in the Alps
Thanks to Gonnen who prepared this table describing the hills we climbed.
| Category of climb* | Altitude | Average gradient | Maximum gradient | Length of climb |
Col des Aravis | 2nd | 1487m | 5.6% | 8% | 7.5km |
Col des Saisies | 1st | 1650m | 5.6% | 9.6% | 15km |
Col de la Madeleine | HC | 1993m | 6.3% | 11% | 24.5km |
Col du Telegraphe | 1st | 1566m | 7.3% | 8.1% | 12km |
Col du Galibier | HC | 2646m | 6.9% | 10.1% | 18km |
Alpe d'Huez | HC | 1815m | 7.9% | 10.6 | 14km |
So clearly - the Alpe dHuez is the toughest (and indeed - we could feel it)
Col De Madeleine was a tough one and long. it became steeper when we came to the end of it, plus it was never-ending type of climb.
Telegraph was rather short but quite steep as well, so we got to the top breathless.
Some more pictures:
Friday, 18 September 2009
Well - it had started.
HI all followers: today the Alps Challenge has started. our trip included Col Des Aravis and Col Des Saisies.
Col De Aravis was not to steep to begin with and we moved along quite leisurely, until we hit the steep part which was ok.
Col Des Saisies was long (more than 15Km and steep in places. coming down from both hills was lots of switchbacks and very steep downhill.
the day was sunny and beautiful (we have been promised it will rain tomorrow and Sunday)
at the end of the day we are tired and happy, and looking forward for tomorrow.
Tomorrow - Col De Madelaine (Long and steep), and Col Des Telegraph (Short and Steep[er])
Happy days.
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