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Tunnel Vision (73km)

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June 18th 2013
There had been much discussion last night about route options for today inasmuch as we hadn't intended to be starting at such low elevation, and in the morning it was suggested we scale back our plans and climb only 2 cols, albeit both from low altitude (i.e. the river i.e. we would fully descend from the first one before attacking the second). There were 3 roads that led from St Jean de Maurie ... read more

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