Again, more info to come on this. Too tired and need sleep.
-JL
Headed back down the valley to the start of the climb to the Tourmalet.
Cold and wet way to start the day.
The Tourmalet was the first mountain stage to be added to the Tour de France. The riders cursed the organizing staff afterwards.
Let the pain cave begin…
The top was socked in, but Kristin had a brief view of the sun and the valley.
On the climb up to the top…about 3K from the summit. Suffer Fest 2012
KOM leader
This was the main goal of the trip. So we win.
The kids came along for the ride!
Success!! Kristin didn’t ride hard enough though. She was too giddy and smiley at the top.
It was wet and cold on the descent down from the top of the Tourmalet, but even more fun here. That’s not a dirt road, that’s cow and sheep poo. Yummy
Freezing fingers on the descent from the Tourmalet. You can’t see the frost on the front of her, but we were both covered.
I’m changing my middle name to this.
Awesome place for a picnic.
“There’s something wrong with my knee. I think it’s broken.”
On the way to the Ancizan summit.
Some awesome vistas up there on the way to the Ancizan.
Wild horses on the way up the Ancizan.
After summiting the Ancizan, it wasn’t as cold as the Tourmalet, but the road was just as brutal. Steep, narrow and wet descent.
Kristin makes her way to the final K of the Ancizan
The valley floor of St. Lary
Looking down into the valley where our hotel was for the night in St. Lary.
