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Loveland Pass, USA - 16th August 2015
By: smaug
ciao ciao ciao,
I explained to my guests that we will be spending the week here in Colorado road cycling in smaug’s backpack , well, I will be probably flying ahead most times to make sure he does not get lost . Today, to start getting used to the altitude, we went for a ride out of Dillon up to Loveland Pass and we spent most time riding in a very nice valley .
Eventually we reached the pass, which sits at 3655 m above sea level on the Continental Divide . This means that on this side, the north side, water drains towards the Atlantic Ocean (by the way, the view was great ),…
…while on this side water drains in the Pacific Ocean.
Whichever way the water goes, those dark clouds were about to drop a lot of it , with hail and lighting as sides , so we hastily made our way back into the valley.
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Posted Aug 24, 2015, 3:40 am
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Mt. Evans, USA - 17th August 2015
By: smaug
ciao ciao ciao,
Today we were on the road very, very early to ride up Mt Evans. Since it was a tad cold , smaug was reluctant to stop and take photos and when we eventually had a chance to look around we were surrounded by a treeless landscape .
From there we could already see the summit .
Later we reached Summit Lake, which, as it happens, is still well below the summit .
The view there was great …
…and the summit was getting closer and closer.
Nevertheless, as we gained altitude and entered prime eagle habitat , my guests started to feel a bit short of breath, so I let them comfortable in the backpack while I went outside scouting the route . I also thought that encouraging smaug every now and then to pedal more vigorously by pecking at his head was a great idea , however, after being swatted away in a flurry of unrepeatable words, I decided to keep the encouraging going from out of arm’s reach . And after some time we eventually reached the end of the road which, at an elevation of 4307 m above sea level, is the highest paved road in North America …smaug pointed out this was very likely as high as he will ever ride a bycicle . The view, of course, was great …a bit hazy maybe .
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Posted Aug 26, 2015, 5:09 am
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