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A very special ride up the "Grossglockner" in Austria, a guru mountain for cyclists

Written by Dirk Limann
Date:21-07-2006

A 42 km and 2650 Altimeter cycling in Austria

Hi TT,
 
I do a lot of cycling here in Germany. Especially on racer, since I bought a new one, but I spend also time on MTB and Tandem riding with Jenny. A couple of cycling marathons I have done or coming up still this season. E.g. the "Arber-cycling-marathon over 240 km and 3300 altimeter.
 
A very special ride was up the "Grossglockner" in Austria, a guru mountain for cyclists. Pictures attached. It goes up non stop in many needle bends and long stretches of steep gradient until we riched the famos "Kaiser-Franz-Josef" ridge. From there you can see the biggest glacier in Austria. It was a georgeous day, with breathtaking sights of the still snow covered mountains. Distance covered 42 km and 2650 Altimeter. It took us nearly 4 hours.
 
Best regards
 
Dirk( Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:31:52 +0200 )