Tuesday, September 24, 2024

AOSTA - ITALY DAY 144 466km.

CHUR TO AOSTA  466km  11.5 hrs.
Tip toed out of dorm and was going at 7am and did seven passes for the day. 
OBERALP PASS
SUSTEN
GRIMSEL
FURKA
GOTTHARD
NUFENEN
SAINT BERNARD



Got the first five done before it started raining. Was a cold and wet day and got down to 2*C at the top of some of the passes and my fingers were freezing  in my wet gloves. Was not ideal weather  and now have a sore throat and my nose is just running and with a helmet on is not pleasant, have to stop all the time to blow it. Rode for eleven and a half hours and was happy to get to the hotel, which was old and tired but clean. 

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