Pampamarca – Puquio. 103 km, 785m climb, 1715m descent, 4:45 saddle time. We spent two days climbing to the top of the world and it’s going to take two days to descend out of it. The morning dawned cloudy and
Day Four
Saturday. Chalhuanaca-Pampamarca. 65km, 1470m climb, 4:45 ride time. Today is my grandmother Evie’s yartzeit; didn’t say Kaddish, but did talk a bit about it before dinner with Alessandra and a few others. I’m the only Jew on the trip, a
Day Three
Friday. Abancay-Chalhuanaca. 100K, 985m climb, 4:53 ride time. Yesterday we climbed for 60K; today it was 80K, mostly at 1 or 2 percent, but we still gained 3000 ft. This type of climb is a bit more perfidious, it just
Day Two
Thursday Limatombo-Abancay, 114 Km, 2165m climbing (although the guys with Garmins got closer to 2400), 6:30 ride time. The next days ride was much harder. We began the day descending 2000 ft, including some flood damaged gravel portions of the
Day One
Wednesday. Cusco-Limatombo, 75km, 650m climb, 3:30 riding time. Fantastic to be on the bike today. First, I’ve been off the bike for about two weeks, which has only happened maybe four or five times over the past twenty-four years, so