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From l'Etape du Tour Training Progress
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From Cycling ... Carbon Fibre versus Steel
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From l'Etape du Tour Training Finally Starts...
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From A Cheeky Weekend in Chamonix
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From Ghost River Wilderness
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From Parties & Rest Days
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From Lake Louise
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From Field - Carlsberg Column & Circus Circus
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From Johnston Canyon
Author: Pete
Founder of Sterling Adventures!
My training for the l’Etape du Tour is progressing. It started just four weeks ago with a tough hilly ride of just 37k. Yesterday I managed a 104k ride and I’ve completed two of Strava’s challenges for the month, the Gran-Fondo (100k in a single ride) and the April climbing challenge (7,500m of climbing).
Twenty-five years after I gave up competitive cycling. This year I went and bought a new road bike! What was I thinking? Have I some how forgotten the endless hours of pain and loneliness out on the road? Or the misery of riding in the rain? Or maybe I’ve simply gotten caught up in the …
Well, the l’Etape du Tour training started in earnest today… I’m too not sure how to feel about my performance, but I guess it was the first time out on my bike for over a year so I shouldn’t feel too bad. I managed just over 37k, but was I totally knackered on the climbs! …
For no other good reason than, we could, we joined a few of Laetitia’s mates in Chamonix for a cheeky weekend of skiing before winter gives way to spring … one last blast of ski fun before rock climbing takes over our lives again!
We made two and a half trips in to the Ghost River Wilderness area… Rob and Pete made the first trip in to the South Ghost to visit Wicked Wanda. Although we ran away from the top section fearing that some of the wet and poorly formed 10 metre long hanging daggers of ice might …
Laetitia took a few more rest days than normal as part of her recovery. She did enjoy a very indulgent salmon and cream cheese bagel on one of her rest days – although she made up for the calories by then going to the excellent Canmore swimming pool at the Elevation Place! Sorry no pictures, …
We made two visits to Lake Louise Falls! (Well actually it was three! On the first trip to Lake Louise we had arrived at the car parking when Laetitia realised she’d left her boots back in Canmore. So we drove home and back again!) Laetitia and Pete made the first visit on the second day …
We had a couple of days in the Field area despite the high avalanche danger! We’d heard that Circus Circus, a rarely formed classic route, was in good condition. Then, after the Park Service had done some avalanche control on Mount Denis, we stole a day on Carlsberg Column…
We also visited another easily accessed and close by (to Canmore) venue, Johnston Canyon… Pete Frost dropped his crampons on the walk out – so if anyone finds them you know where to get in touch … comments below! 😉
