Had fun charging down a 40km 4000m decent on gravel roads with unprotected sheer cliffs at the side. Snow and ice at the top, rain in the middle and tropics at the bottom. Additional challenges were a number of overhanging waterfalls, boulders that banged into the shins and several people lacking basic braking skills crashing into our group at cheese sandwich time.
Good things
Huge mountains, deep valleys, rear suspension enabling us to sit down the next day; wearing a bandana at 40mph, not falling off.
Bad things
Gulping dust behind the lead pack of peddlers, wearing my helmet the wrong way round and then getting told off in front of the girls.
Extra excitement
Traffic actually drives on the left hand side on the way down but on the right hand side on the way up! Makes cornering around the precipice extra exciting with or without the surprise sluicing waterfall.
1 comment:
Very jealous.
Really really want to do that run.
Sense prevailed as it was still used by traffic when we were there.
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