Border of Hebei and Inner Mongolia. This is looking towards Hebei (where I came from), with a 1km tunnel behind me and then 80km downhill. It was 4 days of climbing through the mountains that separate the two provinces – this is one of my 2 favorite road signs. This day – a total of 240km – no joke. 
Take notice of how the road is not paved but brick – this thing was steep steep steep…I walked it. After 3 days…come on – give a girl a break!
240k uphill, that’s some going.
(Once you start thinking bricks are a bit tame, get yourself down to the Yunnan and have a go on the cobblestones the 214 国道. It’s a great way of shuffling your internal organs.)
240k uphill, that’s some going.
(Once you start thinking bricks are a bit tame, get yourself down to the Yunnan and have a go on the cobblestones the 214 国道. It’s a great way of shuffling your internal organs.)
240 total for the day, 80km of that total was down down down. 160 was a lot of ups and ups with some of the occasional downs. lots of those damn “false flats”!
240 total for the day, 80km of that total was down down down. 160 was a lot of ups and ups with some of the occasional downs. lots of those damn “false flats”!
Bet you’re missing those uphills now…! I don’t remember a single gradient in all of Shanghai until you get out to 佘山 Sheshan.
Bet you’re missing those uphills now…! I don’t remember a single gradient in all of Shanghai until you get out to 佘山 Sheshan.
No hills, no mountains…but Shanghai has dead people. I did witness my first dead body from – what I believe a hit and run – last Saturday morning when I got up for brisk 6am ride. The sobbing from an on looker and memory of the hands and feet peeking out from under cardboard they threw on her/him still haunts me. I really, honest to god, almost throw up.
No hills, no mountains…but Shanghai has dead people. I did witness my first dead body from – what I believe a hit and run – last Saturday morning when I got up for brisk 6am ride. The sobbing from an on looker and memory of the hands and feet peeking out from under cardboard they threw on her/him still haunts me. I really, honest to god, almost throw up.