No, we aren't using any GPS...

Somebody asked WHICH brand of GPS device we will be using.

The answer is simple: NONE.

We have one simple paper map.

ISBN 88-365-2831-7

This map looks like the only one I found that covers it all. Some other editions just were cut a little before our westmost point (Switzerland). This is just PERFECT.

The whole tour map

I took the time to maps.google the whole ride.
Here what I came up with:



MAPS.GOOGLE couldn't swallow it all in one single stroke :-) so I had to split it in two:
PART 1
PART 2

7 days to go....

In exactely one week, at this time of the day, we will be somewhere in the high mountains.

The pre-ride-tension is growin' on us.
My buddy, who's also a hardcore marathon runner, claims he feels like that BEFORE that ride, with that feeling "you cannot make it". But then he did.

Today weather's is precious, still a little cold for the season, but nice.

Wish we're getting this next week.