Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I admire your ability to make that climb, but the view is worth it.? Here's to continued good health in the new year. On 12/30/20 1:36 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I am using the good (albeit chilly, by our standards) weather and the fact > that I am on holiday to get in some quality km on my bicycle. Today?s ride > was of the ?short and sharp? variety: only 43 km but with significant > climbing, including one particularly gruelling climb from Busot to the > Cuevas (caves) de Canelobre. You go from an altitude of about 340-350 m to > 580 m in 2.5 km, with some portions as steep as 13%. There is no stopping; > if you stop, it will be virtually impossible to restart uphill. I only do > this route if I have good legs, and today I did. > > The municipality has put up some helpful signs along the climb. They can > be interpreted as a threat or promise, according to one?s attitude: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-JpXn7NV/A > > Once at the caves, I took a few minutes to enjoy the view of the Alicante > coastal plain, including the road on which I have just been huffing and > puffing: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZkCzqw2/A > > Overall, 2020 has been a miserable year for obvious reasons. But my > cycling has benefitted from the flexibility offered by working from home > for several months, and I have covered more km and climbed more meters > than in either 2018 or 2019. Tomorrow I hope to finish the year with a > good hard ride tomorrow. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA