Saturday, August 10, 2019

Wet into the clouds. 3 big passes: Susten Grimsel Furka. With a few sunny spots on the other side...

Saturday, planned to meet up with Beni in Innertkirchen.

Started out half hours delayed sitting out heavy rain in Andermatt watching the radar. Rain stopped, but wet wet wet. Rolling out and down to Wassen. Into the clouds... And climbing Susten this time from Wassen. Drizzel, fog, clouds, zero view. Approaching the last few hundred meters (of climbing) to go hanging on a random rider in a Scott jersey picking up pace a bit. On top, on the other side of the tunnel greeted with even worse conditions, more heavier rain... Descending 1600m in near pooing rain, getting cold and totally soaked.
Innertkirchen: Meetup with Beni. Cappuccino x2, hot soups... still kinda cold and soaked. But the rain subsided and radar looked clear. So we rolled as planned and hoping for the best. Few very welcome sunny spots climbing Grimsel were so nice and warming. Few views. Intermediate descent and before climbing on to Furka passing the iconic abandoned Hotel Belvedere on Furka.
Then descending into Andermatt with well absolutely zero view totally fogged out barely seeing tail lights of cars ahead.
Dinner with Ben before good by from a short meetup in a while. Always great to see and ride with him.


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