Time has flown by and I’m counting the last days of work until I will start a new adventure…. The Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt with the bike… 6000 hm, over eight passes, inspired by a trip report in the Bike Magazine where the bike legends Hans Rey and Holger Meyer rode this tour. I’m following their route, all by myself, hopefully everything goes well!
Back some days… On my last day off last week I stayed in the region for biking and went again on the same bike tour where I’ve been with my friends a couple of days before. Stalden – Gspon and further on… High above the Rhone valley…
The plan was different though. I had packed up my backpack with tent, sleeping bag, etc to try out if it would be possible to bike over the western alps without staying in guest houses. To tent whereever, whenever I want. The try-out failed but that’s why I tried it out. The reason why: It’s just not very enjoyable to carry a very heavy backpack on your back while biking on single trails… And on my supposed route over the alps I will have to carry my bike that weighs over 15 kg’s on parts of the way anyway…
I’m prepared for a cool adventure and looking forward to! Weather is looking pretty good… So wish me luck and I’ll let you know how everything went…
Have a great week and ride on, Mel:-)
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