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  • Thoughts on the Garmin Vivosmart 4

    Thoughts on the Garmin Vivosmart 4

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    Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Garmin Vivosmart 4 is the first activity tracker that I see tracking descent as well as ascent. It is yet another fitness tracker and in theory I had no need for it as my Suunto Spartan Wrist HR Baro and my Apple Watch Series 4 do almost the same thing. I…

  • Iredpoint by Frogg GMBH

    Iredpoint by Frogg GMBH

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Apple watch and other devices have integrated barometers that allow them to track changes in altitude. Iredpoint by Frogg GMBH is one app that takes advantage of this. It allows you to tell the app what type of climbing you are doing as well as the difficulty. Types of Climbing This…

  • Tour de Zwift – Over Half Way Through

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 2019 Tour de Zwift event is a 9 event cycling event on Zwift. it takes you on nine different routes across five worlds with hundreds, and in some case more than 2000 participants at a time. Zwift Tour description “…the Tour is a celebration of Zwift and the worlds within.…

  • Cycling in Spain

    Cycling in Spain

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    Reading Time: 3 minutes When people think of cycling in Spain they think of the seaside and they think of the coast. They think of long flat roads and short climbs. I made the mistake of thinking that so when I arrived in Spain I went cycling but every direction I tried involved climbing steep gradients.…

  • A two Jersey cycling event and then too tired to climb.

    A two Jersey cycling event and then too tired to climb.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I had a morning ride because I wanted to participate in the Tour de Zwift event. Yesterday the track was London and I was riding slowly for the first half, conserving energy. Eventually, when I got warmed up I started to ride harder and harder until I was overtaking quite a…

  • The Klettersteig Rider 3.0

    The Klettersteig Rider 3.0

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Klettersteig Rider 3.0 is a dual system via ferrata kit. It has a carabiner like standard via ferrata kits have and a “rider” system. The “rider” system fixes to the via ferrata cable and progresses with you. As you get to a part where you need to switch you move…

  • Documenting climbing feats

    Documenting climbing feats

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDocumenting climbing feats is an interesting challenge because you deal with issues of accessibility, projects that can last for months or even years and in some cases you’re dealing with the prospect of the climber understanding the problem, and then achieving his goal. For two or three years I really explored ideas…

  • The Dawn Wall film

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the reasons for which this film is so powerful is that it’s written in the way that Heinrich Harrer wrote about the Eiger. It’s documenting not just a single attempt but the entire process. In doing so we get to know the people well. It gives us some context about…

  • The Zwift Everest Challenge

    The Zwift Everest Challenge

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis summer I climbed over 8848 metres in a single month and now I have just completed the Zwift Everest challenge as well. This challenge, on Zwift, is much easier than in the real world because you are not carrying water, the weight of your bike, dealing with keeping yourself balanced on…

  • Sport, the nicest of meetings

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTranslated from French, Sport the nicest of meetings reminds me of the legend that is told in Il Nuovo Cinema Paradiso. In Il Nuovo Cinema Paradiso we hear about the guy who waits outside a woman’s window for one hundred days and nights to show his devotion to her, and in…