[Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/5/2015: el Puerto de Tudons

[george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)]

Kudos! not only for accomplishing this goal;
but also for the years of tenacity it took to accomplish it.

a note off the iPad, George

On May 31, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote:

> ?Puerto? means ?mountain pass? in Spanish, and this morning I set out on 
> my bicycle for Puerto de Tudons, a well-known pass around here which often 
> features in the Vuelta a Espa?a bicycle race. I live at sea level, so to 
> get to 1024 meters means serious climbing. This is the first time I have 
> attempted this pass. I left at 9 a.m. to avoid the afternoon heat while 
> climbing?the temperature did his 36C during the ride, but that was on the 
> downhill portion, so OK. It ended up as a 105 km ride with 1650 meters of 
> climbing, but I feel very good about the Guinness I am enjoying right now. 
> And I have some pictures :-)
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> This is about 30 km into the ride?the mountains in the distance is where I 
> am going:
> 'http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4097044431&k=XzjnRzh&lb=1&s=O
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> I made it!
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4097044666&k=33bQhkz&lb=1&s=O
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> And the world is at my feet, seemingly?and I have a 30 km descent to look 
> forward to:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4097044889&k=djVWwfC&lb=1&s=O
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> Not bad for a 54-year old MAMIL.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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