Double Translated In Norwegian

GERBIER MONT-DE-RING ... PASS THE GORGE FARGES

Saturday September 25 is the great day out on the day with a picnic on Mount Gerbier-de-Rush.
Center Director announces the weather, by the way, if wrong, he pays us a drink, provided it rains (do not talk about bad luck!).

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At first, nineteen Hikers are just as smart and dashing, as long as it lasts.
We know what awaits us (well, not quite to that, there are always surprises, this will be the case).

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The first twenty-five kilometers are flat. A
Aubenas, we want to subvert bulk of GPS leads us even borrow a "Sense prohibited except for residents," bof! barely a hundred meters ... A
UCEL, one is saved, it only remains to follow the D578.

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Until then, the peloton was together. A
Antraigues-SUR-Volan, beginning the long climb (the summit is 31 km) commotion of battle is the stampede, the group broke up, we will not find that small packs of 3 or 4 .
"But the mountain is beautiful,
How can we imagine
Seeing all these bicycles
What's it all going at Mont Gerbier!"

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I do not care about the frenzy that grips everyone, I stop when I deem it necessary to take a picture, I'm paid for it (very expensive).

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Mézilhac the neck, after 16 km of climbing, there is another 15 km to Gerbier.
temperature has dropped remarkably, the wind blows.
Instead of freezing my pending gruppetto, I go down to meet her on 1200 m.
Back neck, left turn, the wind, you must scrape the bottom of the bag to remove anything that can protect them from freezing cold (and rain).
Alain stops to put on his K-Way: the sleeves are literally glued, welded as it will take more than five minutes to get to the end!

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At the summit at 1400 m, it is 4, it rains!
I shiver, you can not control the tremors that shook me.
Fortunately, Carmen has two other suits me, but I was still cold!

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The picnic is fast sloppy, can not wait to go back down to warmer climes. By
excess precipitation we embark on the D378 instead of D116.
"Rene, you move away from the track on the GPS! We are not in the right direction!"
We stop, we look at the printed circuit board, no doubt, we must return.
All others (below) before we do that?
Unable to catch up, it was too late.

As we had planned to return to the top and send a car to retrieve the group, Francis arrives, a puncture occurred at a few hundred meters.
"U-turn all!"
We return to the crossroads in question (we had eaten in two steps without realizing it!) And we take the D116 to Ste-Eulalie, we will leave to take the right direction SAGNES-AND-Goudoulet.
"Obviously, it is by that?"
A glance at the GPS, yes, this time it's good.
Review of Operation: 7 km extra round trip, but it could have been multiplied by 3 the distance if it had continued ...

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The time-cons have not been completed, two more punctures will occur.
We began the descent towards BURZET ten km of pure bliss!
What a great climb it should be!

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"There they are! They coming! "
These are the marchers who made a stop in the village.
We regrouped in the parking lot, a good coffee, some biscuits and undressing for the sun shining brightly, too soon.

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The group is now compact, everyone is aware that to avoid the N102, it will take back roads.

MEYRA After, we head JAUJAC then PRADES.
We had heard of a small hill, that of Farges, we will hear about it much longer!
Only 3 km, but a slope of nearly 7% that hurt us the end of term with 110 km in legs.

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12 km from the finish, at the entrance to AILHON the irreparable happens, Francis fell sharply, missing lead in its fall three cyclos. No big bobos
apparent, but it had to be hard to finish the course!

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was still well deserved aperitif promised by the Director!
"Cheers!"