No that's the toilet that bit . The long drop chemical job for jobbies. Sign says use at your own risk.It’s got a multi-storey shed….i want one!
No that's the toilet that bit . The long drop chemical job for jobbies. Sign says use at your own risk.It’s got a multi-storey shed….i want one!
That's the one I was staying at Inbhirfhaolain try spellling that after a few drams . Glen Etive is heaving nowadays it's a wild campers dream come true. Aye that lad Bond and the wifie Dench have a lot to answer for.Think I spot Ben Starav and the Wee Buachaille, think the wee cottage at bend in road is down Glen Etive?
You seem to have got a nice dry day for it, when my mate and I did it decades ago, FFS, it pished rain all day.Yes Ben Starav is the view out the back door . I walked that yesterday hard going. No mod cons outside toilet water from the burn but at £7 : 50 a night . Got it all to myself as well.
Preseli’s or Brecon??
Yes thats the one in amongst trees. Excellent weather I did Starav yet again yesterday but only that . Been the late 80s first time I did it and another couple hills as well and again 90s . Last time defo. Etive Slabs never climbed there. I was always a seconder never lead. Great area though.Think I spot Ben Starav and the Wee Buachaille, think the wee cottage at bend in road is down Glen Etive?
Relatively dry PreselisPreseli’s or Brecon??
So about 85% wet then?!Relatively dry Preselis
We're you dropped off by chopper ??
No, a small white diesel powered van with a home made shuttle rack on the roof. We were actually dropped at about 14800, hit about 14900 traversing and hiked up to get over 15000 and free rode the ridge back down to the trail. First time over 15k!We're you dropped off by chopper ??
I hid to google that area. Know where u are now looks beautifulThe beautiful West Wales Ceredigion coast line, Cardigan Island and Mwnt beach. Cold but dry, which I’ll take after our wet winter!
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Thin air up that high , does it affect you ?No, a small white diesel powered van with a home made shuttle rack on the roof. We were actually dropped at about 14800, hit about 14900 traversing and hiked up to get over 15000 and free rode the ridge back down to the trail. First time over 15k! View attachment 139201
I live a sea level, so I was expecting to be useless. But arrived at 11,600' (slept at this altitude) around 9:30am, took that day to do a whole lot of nothing other than build my bike, take a walk, eat dinner and drink lots of water. Next day was an easy day toping out around 13,000'. Felt great but kept the efforts small until the 3rd day. Was good to go after that.Thin air up that high , does it affect you ?
Did you run somebody over or is the budget shuttle hanging at the rear bumper?No, a small white diesel powered van with a home made shuttle rack on the roof. We were actually dropped at about 14800, hit about 14900 traversing and hiked up to get over 15000 and free rode the ridge back down to the trail. First time over 15k! View attachment 139201
I live a sea level, so I was expecting to be useless. But arrived at 11,600' (slept at this altitude) around 9:30am, took that day to do a whole lot of nothing other than build my bike, take a walk, eat dinner and drink lots of water. Next day was an easy day toping out around 13,000'. Felt great but kept the efforts small until the 3rd day. Was good to go after that.
Don't get me wrong, all hard efforts felt 10x harder, even after acclimating.
5 sets of spare pads and extra rotorsDid you run somebody over or is the budget shuttle hanging at the rear bumper?
When you did such long downhill how were the brakes / pads doing?
I had the same sort of traffic jam the other day while out in car on the Ben Lawers dam road. I love them coos
Aye Ben Lawers while since I was up them hills. There's a herd down the Loch Quoich in the summer just roam free. Love car mirrors.I had the same sort of traffic jam the other day while out in car on the Ben Lawers dam road. I love them coos
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Zip-version by my local hunterSome from Wednesday nights ride around the local Essex countryside.
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it was quite different from the altitude I'd experienced elsewhere. Colorado at 11,000 some how fells worse than Cusco at 14,000. It was wild to experience the difference between high alpine in CO vs Peru. Peru seemed very easy to handle compared to CO. Maybe it was the humidity? Peru was quite humid compared to CO.At 13,000 feet of altitude (3963 metres) there is almost 40% less oxygen in the air!!
I am full of admiration for your ability to ride even after some acclimatisation.
I rode uphill at a measly 1500m on an mtb and I thought I was going to lose a lung.
NB: A friend of mine hiked around the world when he was in his late 20's. He discovered in a mountain pass in the Himalayas that he could not get an erection at that altitude (15,000 feet IIRC). He'd copped off with a New Zealand nurse and he was very embarrassed. She was so understanding that he married her. Normal service was resumed when they descended the other side.
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