A Swiss With A Pulse: All smiles at the World Cycling Center
A Swiss With A Pulse: Starting the climb to Torgon, perfect warm up
A Swiss With A Pulse: At this stage, nobody knows what to expect
A Swiss With A Pulse: Plan de Croix above Torgon. The end of civilization
A Swiss With A Pulse: It is Swiss National Day and Simon is proudly wearing the national colors
A Swiss With A Pulse: Not the same landscape as the Roadtrip Paris for our strong girls
A Swiss With A Pulse: Getting steeper, but the road is still paved
A Swiss With A Pulse: A brief respite before the real stuff begins
A Swiss With A Pulse: I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed the views of a bunch of road cyclists hiking up in the grass
A Swiss With A Pulse: Like a fish out of its tank
A Swiss With A Pulse: See, this is perfectly rideable (for 20 meters)
A Swiss With A Pulse: The descent was equally 'fun'
A Swiss With A Pulse: At this point, some were starting to wonder if this ride was really a good idea
A Swiss With A Pulse: Fortunately we got back on tarmac and had some great views on Vallée d'Abondance
A Swiss With A Pulse: A stop in a great bakery in Chapelle d'Abondance was just what we needed
A Swiss With A Pulse: Queuing to refuel
A Swiss With A Pulse: The perfect Instagram pastry
A Swiss With A Pulse: Training for my next career
A Swiss With A Pulse: Perfect road for the next climb - the Col du Corbier
A Swiss With A Pulse: Yvonne in the tight switchbacks on Col du Corbier
A Swiss With A Pulse: Next climb was Col de la Joux Verte from Montriond
A Swiss With A Pulse: Meeting of mountain goats
A Swiss With A Pulse: Rob is visibly enjoying the climb to Col de Bassachaux - or is this pure pain?
A Swiss With A Pulse: Yes, it was very steep
A Swiss With A Pulse: One of the funny after moments on this memorable ride
A Swiss With A Pulse: Finally getting to Col de Bassachaux
A Swiss With A Pulse: Climbing home to make it a 4000m+ day
A Swiss With A Pulse: We got a bit dirty