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Highest paved roads
Hi, everybody,
Came across this site this afternoon, and I thought it looked interesting enough to post about: http://www.torelli.com/kom/default.htm If you click on the 'Climbs/Races' button, there are links to paved road climbs in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean, and the United States. Some neat information, like the fact that at 14,130 feet, Mt. Evans, Colorado is the highest paved road climb in North America. Happy climbing! :) ~bob |
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bob sullivan wrote:
SNIP Some neat information, like the fact that at 14,130 feet, Mt. Evans, Colorado is the highest paved road climb in North America. Good thing to remember on Evans is that after you ride up it, you have to ride back down. It's not just very high, it's also very narrow, winding, and heavily traveled. I drove up that peak in '89, and a couple of cyclists saw my bike rack and bummed a ride back down. They were visibly relieved not to be facing that descent. Bill __o | Look to the past and remember no empire rises _`\(,_ | that sooner or later won't fall. (_)/ (_) | --Al Stewart |
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Good thing to remember on Evans is that after you ride up it, you have to ride back down. It's not just very high, it's also very narrow, winding, and heavily traveled. I drove up that peak in '89, and a couple of cyclists saw my bike rack and bummed a ride back down. They were visibly relieved not to be facing that descent. Is it really that bad? Going down is half the reason for going up! I seriously doubt that I could ride up to 14000 feet, right now. But 10000 used to be impossible until I got used to it. -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors." George H.W. Bush, April 16, 1999, |
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Raptor wrote:
wrote: Good thing to remember on Evans is that after you ride up it, you have to ride back down. It's not just very high, it's also very narrow, winding, and heavily traveled. I drove up that peak in '89, and a couple of cyclists saw my bike rack and bummed a ride back down. They were visibly relieved not to be facing that descent. Is it really that bad? Going down is half the reason for going up! I seriously doubt that I could ride up to 14000 feet, right now. But 10000 used to be impossible until I got used to it. It's not as narrow, steep or winding as minor roads in the Alps or Pyrenees, but it is challenging. Also, the roadbed is not that good and the road is prone to potholing. I rode up it with a friend in August of 2004 and we got caught in a snowstorm at the top. I was okay, but the low body fat that helped my friend ride me into the ground going up got her into serious trouble on the way down. By the time we got to the lodge at Echo Lake she was pretty hypothermic. Her hands were so cold that I was afraid she wouldn't be able to work the brake levers on the decent. mark |
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"bob sullivan" wrote in message
. .. Hi, everybody, Came across this site this afternoon, and I thought it looked interesting enough to post about: http://www.torelli.com/kom/default.htm If you click on the 'Climbs/Races' button, there are links to paved road climbs in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, I've done Highwood Pass, the highest paved road in Canada -- that was on last year's tour of the Canadian Rockies. You can see a picture the way up he http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/Author.htm, and at the top and more photos he http://www.davidlouislevine.com/Tour...ay4%201330.htm. -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/ See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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mark wrote:
I rode up it with a friend in August of 2004 and we got caught in a snowstorm at the top. I was okay, but the low body fat that helped my friend ride me into the ground going up got her into serious trouble on the way down. By the time we got to the lodge at Echo Lake she was pretty hypothermic. Her hands were so cold that I was afraid she wouldn't be able to work the brake levers on the decent. mark I recall a similar ride up Little Cottonwood Canyon one Autumn. No snow, but the temperature difference made the first five minutes of the descent almost unbearable. I sweat a lot, and it worked well to cool me that day. -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors." George H.W. Bush, April 16, 1999, |
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Claire Petersky wrote:
"bob sullivan" wrote in message . .. Hi, everybody, Came across this site this afternoon, and I thought it looked interesting enough to post about: http://www.torelli.com/kom/default.htm If you click on the 'Climbs/Races' button, there are links to paved road climbs in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, I've done Highwood Pass, the highest paved road in Canada -- that was on last year's tour of the Canadian Rockies. You can see a picture the way up he http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/Author.htm, and at the top and more photos he http://www.davidlouislevine.com/Tour...ay4%201330.htm. Anybody know offhand what the highest paved road in Wyoming is? Thanks, ~bob |
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bob sullivan wrote:
Claire Petersky wrote: "bob sullivan" wrote in message . .. Hi, everybody, Came across this site this afternoon, and I thought it looked interesting enough to post about: http://www.torelli.com/kom/default.htm If you click on the 'Climbs/Races' button, there are links to paved road climbs in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, I've done Highwood Pass, the highest paved road in Canada -- that was on last year's tour of the Canadian Rockies. You can see a picture the way up he http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/Author.htm, and at the top and more photos he http://www.davidlouislevine.com/Tour...ay4%201330.htm. Anybody know offhand what the highest paved road in Wyoming is? Thanks, ~bob http://www.allgetaways.com/view_dest...nid=XFA134-003 "A 94-mile paved route over the Beartooth Mountains on the highest highway in Wyoming, past alpine lakes and lush forest, and through the Absaroka Mountains into Yellowstone National Park." -- ***************************** Chuck Anderson • Boulder, CO http://www.CycleTourist.com Everyone's journey should be different, so that we all are enriched in new and endless ways ***************************** |
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Chuck Anderson wrote:
bob sullivan wrote: Claire Petersky wrote: "bob sullivan" wrote in message . .. Hi, everybody, Came across this site this afternoon, and I thought it looked interesting enough to post about: http://www.torelli.com/kom/default.htm If you click on the 'Climbs/Races' button, there are links to paved road climbs in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, I've done Highwood Pass, the highest paved road in Canada -- that was on last year's tour of the Canadian Rockies. You can see a picture the way up he http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/Author.htm, and at the top and more photos he http://www.davidlouislevine.com/Tour...ay4%201330.htm. Anybody know offhand what the highest paved road in Wyoming is? Thanks, ~bob http://www.allgetaways.com/view_dest...nid=XFA134-003 "A 94-mile paved route over the Beartooth Mountains on the highest highway in Wyoming, past alpine lakes and lush forest, and through the Absaroka Mountains into Yellowstone National Park." Sweet. Thanks! ~bob :) |
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