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Climbing 70,000+ feet in a week
Wanna do 70k feet of climbing in a week? In Italy?
Here you go https://www.studiovelocycling.com/italy-2020-itinerary |
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I don't even wanna do 70,000 feet in a lifetime! That's nuts!
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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.
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That is my dream vacation......in every way.......
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That's two and half mountain Everests.
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Put up the money and convince the grandparents to watch the newborn and I'm there. Absolutely.
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Dream week for sure.
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Hefty pricetag for a week... i paid as much for a 30 day trip thrugh Bhutan once...
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“It’s a gem of a climb, with a maximum gradient of 22%”. Ouch!
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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.
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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. Last edited by sparky33; 12-18-2019 at 11:52 AM. |
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That is a pretty self-selecting tour. Gotta be really really fit and really $$ well off.
Guess I'm not going. |
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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 Last edited by unterhausen; 12-18-2019 at 12:26 PM. |
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