Day 1: Wed 7-13-2001 Pyrenees Mnts Col d’Aspin

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Wed    7-13-2001   Pyrenees Mnts   Col d’Aspin

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Miles on bike:    25 miles               Elevation gain:  3117                          

$ toward Pledges at 0.026 per foot gained:  3117 x 0.026 =  $81.042

Depart Holiday Inn Express Toulouse at 9:30 AM

Meet Custom Getaways at airport at 10 AM.  Peter, Giell, Thomas are the guides.   16 in our group.

4 + hrs to hotel;  outfit the bikes

Didn’t start the ride till 5 PM;  very rainy, windy, cold, 40 MPH gusts at the top, headwind back.  I loved every min of it. 

Tim rode 1/4 of the way.  Rain is not his favorite.

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