welcome back to the videos today we're going to be doing some cycling we're about to leave our
hotel which reminds me of a level from james bond goldeneye we've got 2000 meters of elevation to do
one giant mountain which was featured in badlands that should be
pretty spectacular you ready i probably won this little pink jizz is done picture's done
so a little bit chilly this morning as you might be able to tell from our jackets
we are on a road running parallel to a motorway which is
pretty much just for bikes for the first 30k today actually before we turn left
onto the big climb hola we got a stocking tailwind is absolutely beautiful here it's so fast how is
this so quick i really thought this was going to be a [ __ ] gravel road but no happy days
focus
we have been riding 38 minutes and we've done 25k
this is honestly like being sat behind a car i just realized why
people have been laughing at us at our pronunciation of almeria
it's al maria
another bike packer tip for you you buy some sweeties to pack them so they take up less room
always just open it a little bit take some less room in your bag and get the air out
i think it's 24.3k of uphill there's lots of red on that we're going to
see if i can butcher the name of this one cala alto
salah alto chala alto so far this day has gone extremely well we weren't expecting
such a fast run into the bottom of this climb uh with the tailwind that we had ended up doing loads
so we're here well ahead of schedule there might be some rain due later which chris doesn't believe
but it'll be good if we could get over this climb when we reach the top we're then literally
descending probably freewheel the whole way well hopefully mr rain which should be nice
we've just got 1 300 meters of elevation between us and that town yeah easy it's fine i think this
climb was used in la vuelta and you can see my beautiful smooth road surface although everything
in this country is beautiful to me the gravel roads around here are a bit like surry hills yes
and we also thought that the section the 40k this morning was going to be on gravel trails
yeah and it was a rhodes good surprise it did say on commute it was paved so good surprise
good for the legs good for the lungs good for the life good for the soul you put a heart good for
the legs so we've done 18k of this climb so far been on the bikes for what feels like ages thanks
feeling okay but the air is starting to feel a little bit thin i wonder what the total elevation
will be at the top but 12k to go yeah so lots i like how at the start of this trip we advertised
it as like a level up from the trip that i did with jimmy yeah i think it's more than one level
up maybe be careful considering this part of the trip if you are planning your own because
it is actually pretty serious it's a big climb it's a big climb making progress though 11.7k
now easy climbing just over an hour we have yeah windy wind diesel with diesel
snake whoa oh [ __ ] the snakes out here big snakes all the little caterpillars making a lion
walking along most of them get squished it's a bit sad mandu the conga with the caterpillars
how many boxes to go uh let me have a quick check
three just eating sweets i really don't want to eat there's two things you've got to do
and focus on when you're doing a climb like this eating is very easy to forget and keeping
your heart rate under control two things you focus on that get that right get to the top
and it feels
as chris said we have now got no exaggeration 50k of descent and i think there's only two
points on the descent where we'll have to pedal looking at the uh gradient thing which means
down jackets always bring a down jacket if you're doing a backpacking trip even if you're going
somewhere hot vietnam wherever it may be down jacket oh god i have a thing to say about that
synthetic down it's a great pillow as well and some gloves i think which will help not only
with the cold but um i seem to have developed a blister on my hand a minor inconvenience another
thing about gloves great pillows but for really small people for really small people
so
that is probably one of the most beautiful descents i've ever done on a bike like
not just the road the scenery looking over the valley of all the blossom trees
incredible i didn't even want to go fast i just wanted to enjoy looking at it that's so
good unbelievable unbelievable francis now going up a [ __ ] hill i've kind of got this jacket on
quite warm chris but i've become accustomed to this jacket
we're now spanish i was thinking that if i had if i had leg warmers then get a balaclava
does that mean i'm spanish spanish bite rider now we know how to pronounce our mariah