Scott left a message today and asked me to update the website. The following will keep our thirst quenched until they reach internet access. Merav
We are here in San Pablo de Lipez.
Took us 3 days from Tupiza. Pretty hard ride. We took the high road from a place called Cerrillos. Didn’t see a single person or a single vehicle all day. Really pass after pass after pass. As high as 4700 meters. Really really grueling cycling yesterday. All 3 days were awesome cycling though. We had enough water - we stopped twice on the way for water and took all the water we could and we made it.
We are going to San Antonio de Lipez today. After that we will take 2 days to get to Quetana Chico and from there we will try to cycle up Uturuncu, the volcano, but we we'll see how it goes. Doesn’t look like there is much snow so I think it should be ok. Weather is awesome.
It’s really high but we are super-acclimatized. We were at the highest pass of the day and we felt fine. It was amazing. It’s the most challenging cycling I have ever done. People told us if we go this way it is going to be "subida, subida" - to go up, to go up, to climb, to climb. It was insane! From Tupiza one pass after the other. One pass after the next, after the next, after the next. Boom, boom, boom, boom.
But now we are at 4750 meters and will stay at this level for quite a while except for a few passes and of course the volcano…
Heya Scott,
Sounds like you're reaching the really gruelling part of the journey. Remember to get some photos of youself struggling up steep mountainsides with blood and sweat pouring off you to keep Andy G happy. Anyway, just thought I'd say that the journey looks truly epic and the diary is pretty fab. I'll let you know about any good routes through India when i start my new job in Delhi from July! ;-)
take care mate
Jeet
Posted by: Jeet at April 13, 2005 04:18 PM