Climbing 70,000+ feet in a week

[dbnm]

Wanna do 70k feet of climbing in a week? In Italy?

Here you go

https://www.studiovelocycling.com/italy-2020-itinerary

[JAGI410]

I don't even wanna do 70,000 feet in a lifetime! That's nuts!

[Mr. Pink]

I just spent nearly a month in the center of that route. Three weeks at an AirB&B in Siena and three days at La Foce down in the Val d'Orcia, with a car all the time. Made it down to Spoleto and Trevi in Umbria, so, kinda Marche. Glad I didn't bring a bike, because it rained 70% of the time. But, yeah, covered a ton of territory, and there is not much that's flat at all. If you lived in Chianti, you'd be hard pressed to do less than 4000 ft in 30-35 miles.
Incredibly beautiful, if it isn't raining. Even when it is. Love that country.

[Clean39T]

That is my dream vacation......in every way.......

[zmalwo]

That's two and half mountain Everests.

[mhespenheide]

Put up the money and convince the grandparents to watch the newborn and I'm there. Absolutely.

[Steve in SLO]

Dream week for sure.

[Octave]

Originally Posted by dbnm

Wanna do 70k feet of climbing in a week? In Italy?

Here you go

https://www.studiovelocycling.com/italy-2020-itinerary

Steep places are steep. I'll be doing a four-day bikepack across Corsica starting on Friday. Not a single day with less than 10,000ft of elevation. The second day alone is 13,500+ feet. Total will be just over 45,000. If I had another 3 days to kill it'd be the same as above. Little gears and "settling in" to a rhythm are the keys to big climbs.

[martl]

Originally Posted by dbnm

Wanna do 70k feet of climbing in a week? In Italy?

Here you go

https://www.studiovelocycling.com/italy-2020-itinerary

Beautiful ride, i know a few of those roads.. but, ouch, that's gotta hurt. I find it is a lot easier to do sizeable elevations in just 1-2 *big* climbs a day, instead of doing the old up-and-down all day long. Well, Tuscany, Emilio Romagna, Marche, is where they invented the latter
Hefty pricetag for a week... i paid as much for a 30 day trip thrugh Bhutan once...

[kohagen]

“It’s a gem of a climb, with a maximum gradient of 22%”. Ouch!

[echelon_john]

I mentioned there's a discount for Paceliners, right? : )

www.luccavacationhome.com

[Bostic]

Who did the 32k' Strava challenge back in August 2015 to get to be able to buy the Strava Orange Giro Synthe helmet? This reads like that condensed into a week (albeit with great scenery). Four years, time for me to toss out that helmet too.

[sparky33]

Originally Posted by dbnm

Wanna do 70k feet of climbing in a week? In Italy?

Is this a fun trip? Or is it ride, eat, sleep, repeat?

While I feel pretty good about lots of climbing, I would probably stop having fun or feeling good after a couple days of that kind of elevation and distance. That said, I've never attempted it. The terrain looks incredible.

[tv_vt]

That is a pretty self-selecting tour. Gotta be really really fit and really $$ well off.

Guess I'm not going.

[unterhausen]

I have done 39000' of climbing in 4 days. It gets a bit tiring.
This year, I did 36000 (according to rwgps) in 3 days. Parts of it were brutal