It was time for my triumphant return to Europe… or something. After a great climbing trip with Craig and Rachel at Kawakawa bay in January, I left New Zealand in March and headed back to Europe for a full on year of trips and fun. First off was ski touring in Norway with Johannes and Hanna then three day 21 ports race in Andorra where I dragged myself along almost every road in the country. Later on there was a summer holiday in Austria, and a great climbing trip in Croatia in Autumn. I then spent the winter in Barcelona with Ari.
This wasn’t all though. I also rode the Tour de Kärnten again where I met Michi and Dana and did a nice two day race/ride in Catalonia named the Gadi Challenge.
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Climbing in Croatia Oct 2022
Day 0 After our sea kayaking trip we drove North to Starigrad and the Paklenica National Park. We arrived in the afternoon and met Johannes and Marie at our Air BnB. The plan was to climb for a week in the national park. Day 1 We drove the few km to the park entrance…
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S. H. 2022 – Day 11 – Spigolo
We left our camp in the morning and drove up the winding pass road to the Plöckenpass at the Austrian and Italian border. We parked at the car park on the border, presumably in Italy. It was busy with cyclists, cars and people. The plan was to climb the 8 pitch climb named Spigolo that…
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Andorra 21 Ports
Ari and I drove to Andorra on Wednesday evening and worked from there on Thursday. In the evening we rolled down to the capital and I registered for the 21 Ports race. It’s a three day road cycling stage race. At least it was. As it turns out this is the 2nd and last time…
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Ski Touring Tromsø 2022 – 7 – Hatten
It was our last day and we didn’t have a lot of time. The weather was still fantastic though so we got up early despite our evening tour and subsequent late night. We headed around to the next fiord named Ersfjord and parked at the end of the road. The plan was to head up…
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Kawakawa Bay 2022
Using the power of the jet engine I was transported to the capital city of Wellington for a trip with Craig and Rachel, aka Lieutenant Grump and Captain Plod. The lieutenant picked me up from the airport carparks at Burger King and we raced through the winding streets of the capital for a dessert…