Touring - Pictures from my ride across the Pyrenees

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CL39
07-27-04, 07:19 PM
Hello everyone,

Here are some pictures from my ride in the Pyrenees, coast to
coast, early this month. Just a basic photo show now, I haven't
put any day to day narratives or descriptions yet.

www-personal.umich.edu/~chullee (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~chullee )

operator
07-27-04, 07:22 PM
Awesome :)
tarmac
07-27-04, 08:32 PM
Ohhh... :)

Beautiful.


-Matt C.-

gcasillo
07-27-04, 11:22 PM
Impressive! Post cards everywhere you look.
hotwheels
07-27-04, 11:29 PM
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!
khuon
07-27-04, 11:50 PM
Simply gorgeous. I'll have to remember that route if I ever go on a european cycling tour.
Robert Gardner
07-27-04, 11:59 PM
Thank you CL39 so much for the beautiful images. It brings tears to my eyes, it is such a beautiful dream trip. On Day 7. St. Beat to St. Giron there is a winged monument. What was that monument dedicated to? It would make a beautiful monument to a bicyclist.
gcasillo
07-28-04, 12:15 AM
Fabio Casartelli died there during the 1995 Tour de France (http://www.torelli.com/kom/casartelli.htm). It is a beautiful momument to him indeed.
roadfix
07-28-04, 12:20 AM
Awesome photos! Thanks for sharing.....
Jay H
07-28-04, 06:32 AM
Great pictures! Did you like the cows on the Col d'Aspin?

Jay
Chuckie J.
07-29-04, 12:38 AM
Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Tomorrow I leave for a 10 day bike tour and I'm nervous. The photos of your trip have reassured me that it's all worth partaking. Thank you again.

Chuckie
Jay H
07-29-04, 11:59 AM
Chuckie, Have a great trip. Score another :) for bikeforums!

Tomorrow, a friend and I too leave on a 2 week trip to bike from my home in NJ to Maine and Brunswick, CA. 8 days to get to the border and from there we're playing it by ear, depending on what we want to do.

Jay
DrGonzo
07-29-04, 03:39 PM
very cool! I like the pictures a lot, inspires to go do the same or something like that! How did you do the ride, like did you stay in tents and eat cheaply or what? thanks
CL39
07-30-04, 05:17 AM
very cool! I like the pictures a lot, inspires to go do the same or something like that! How did you do the ride, like did you stay in tents and eat cheaply or what? thanks

I stayed in cheap hotels, mostly 1*, they were OK for most parts.
As for food I bought some fruits in the morning and
ate throughout the ride and for dinner, baguette and canned meat to make my own
sandwich. So I was able to keep the cost down.