I was too damn old to be doing this!

[Vonruden]

Great read and amazing pics, thanks for sharing!

[daker13]

Very cool, thanks.

[YesNdeed]

Splendid. Looking good, sir.

[old_fat_and_slow]

Dude you look solid! and that was an epic effort! Great job, and thanks for the pics and narrative.

[AngryScientist]

fantastic hank! thanks for sharing as usual.

the human body is amazing, complex and diverse. age is really just a number. some dudes are "worn out" at 50 and some just getting started. dont let the numbers fool you!

this looks good. what's in the stainless goblet thing?

[alessandro]

Originally Posted by tv_vt

Well done. Looking good, Hank.

Narrative could use a few more geographic references, though! Can't really tell where this is (or I just didn't read closely enough...)

It's all in there. Plateau d'Emparis: Le Freney > Refuge les Mouterres > Besse > Mizoën > "back to Le Freney where I left my car. Fantastic. Again. So much for being too old for climbs like that. At least for now."

Originally Posted by velotel

Onto the Plateau d’Emparis, prairies of grasses rolling into the distance through shallow valleys and over low, round hills, the false flatness emphasized by a wall of high summits and ridges. I love the plateau, a sea of meadows in an ocean of light...

Those high (>2000 meters high) plateaus are amazing places, and amazingly beautiful. Thanks for pointing out another place to explore, another year.

[pncguy]

I aspire to have this be the reason I ride. For now, dreaming of this is the reason I ride.

[choke]

Stunning scenery!

The write up isn't bad either.