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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #45 on: August 09, 2014, 11:25:53 »
Col Agnel / Colle dell'Agnello between France & Italy 2744m



Third higher pass after Iseran & Stelvio ...  ;)





Snap, But colder ?
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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #46 on: August 09, 2014, 12:01:04 »
Stewart, We had approximativly the same weather on this one  ;D
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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #47 on: August 11, 2014, 15:00:57 »
@SB From those white streaks on your photos, I can imagine the conditions, as rain is very difficult to photograph! When they were making the film 'Singing In The Rain', it wouldn't show up on film: the solution was to mix it with milk!

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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #48 on: August 11, 2014, 18:01:18 »
Col du Granon 2413m



Col du Lautaret 2058m



And not far Col du Galibier 2642m

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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #49 on: August 13, 2014, 12:48:12 »
Not the best one, but one more in the collection:

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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #50 on: August 13, 2014, 13:25:48 »
Between Alps & Mont Ventoux:

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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #51 on: August 14, 2014, 11:34:25 »
A very recommendable one: Hourquette d'Ancizan.

These pics were taken in the same place with a four year span (the latter is the same as published in my trip to England's post)




In between, this col has been discovered by the Tour de France. This means there are new signs for cyclists, and much more people!

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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #52 on: August 19, 2014, 19:17:37 »
Some days we haven't new  ;D

A wonderful one with view on "Mont Blanc" when no clouds



Pass dal Fuorn in Switzerland (not far from Stelvio...)



Grossglockner in Austria



Col du Puymorens with the Blueslovers & a Latvian bike ...



Again col du Galibier a few years ago



And Col de Vars with the MK1



Izoard with the same one


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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #53 on: August 20, 2014, 02:23:53 »
The Zebulizer!

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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #54 on: August 27, 2014, 13:17:54 »
The Gentle Annie summit, on the way between Napier at sea level and Taihape on the Central Plateau in New Zealand's North Island.

It's only 817m above sea level, but sea level's where you start on the 152km ride.



The road was gravel for some of the distance the time this pic was taken; it is now all sealed.

I need to take a camera next time I travel the South Island passes; I did a "7 Passes" ride a couple of years ago, but have no pics so it didn't happen.
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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #55 on: August 28, 2014, 01:52:04 »
Quote; I need to take a camera next time I travel the South Island passes; I did a "7 Passes" ride a couple of years ago, but have no pics so it didn't happen.

I have so many of those 'didn't happen' moments .....all in my head. With such beautiful scenery you'd never make any progress if you tried to photograph it all. It's nice to share but let's not live our lives through a lens like this current generation seems to be.

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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #56 on: August 28, 2014, 11:29:48 »

I have so many of those 'didn't happen' moments .....all in my head. With such beautiful scenery you'd never make any progress if you tried to photograph it all. It's nice to share but let's not live our lives through a lens like this current generation seems to be.

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Lately I take the camera again. My old film one, or my daughters cheap digital.
But, for instance, I didn't take any on occasion of my Varadero trips to Norway (2004) or Wales (2005). My wife kinda thinks that posing and searching the right view for a picture is a waste of time, but she also agrees that a number of pictures helps to keep the memories.

On the other hand: what is this "7 passes route" in NZ, South Island?

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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #57 on: August 28, 2014, 11:51:20 »

Lately I take the camera again. My old film one, or my daughters cheap digital.
But, for instance, I didn't take any on occasion of my Varadero trips to Norway (2004) or Wales (2005). My wife kinda thinks that posing and searching the right view for a picture is a waste of time, but she also agrees that a number of pictures helps to keep the memories.

On the other hand: what is this "7 passes route" in NZ, South Island?

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I was frustrated those last years because of not enough pictures coming back at home; a lot of things seen during the travel, and just a part on the pictures... The solution I have adopted is taking pictures while riding  ;D yes they are not all as better as they can, but I 'm happy to see landscape I've ride on . Digital camera allows that. The other way is I love to share with family and friends, and personally I'm happy to discover places I can go one day! I've looked and dreamed this winter on Norway pictures and films. It was fantastic to discover them by myself!
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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #58 on: August 28, 2014, 13:14:46 »
On the other hand: what is this "7 passes route" in NZ, South Island?
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Oh, it's just a favourite way I have of covering the South Island when going around it clockwise:

Hakataramea Pass (gravel)

Dansey's Pass (gravel)

Lindis Pass

Crown Saddle

Haast Pass

Arthur's Pass

Lewis Pass

(all sealed).

There's no special magic in these seven; there are lots, some more challenging, some less - though on the day when I first rode over Hakataramea in a mid-winter road trial (that I won), there was a metre of snow and 11 farm gates to open and close on what was then single-track, and it was challenging enough on a Suzuki T500.

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Re: Worldwide passes with Varadero or Crosstourer
« Reply #59 on: August 28, 2014, 21:29:35 »
A little lazy but here's one looking down from 3,000 m to Passo Stelvio and another from half way up Gavia.

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