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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 30/12/2020: today's climb
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:15:54 -0600
References: <6D80B916-96B9-415D-97D5-E9D8CE5189C0@frozenlight.eu>

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.
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
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> YNWA
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