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Pictures - My 7710 km summer vacation 8.22-9.7. 2003
Me riding towards Turku, in Finland.
Again in Tignes, France. At the top of la Grande Motte. At front there is Mount Pourri and behind Pourri You can see Mount Blanc.
Me behind crevasse at the clacier de la Grande Motte
And my brother Jan at the same place.
A little bit lower: la Grande Motte. After exceptionally hot summer the clasier seemed little bit bad but there was still plenty of snow!
Me in front of another crevasse a top of Motte.(Behind the ski lifts in the earlier picture)
And Jan at the same place.
Me and Alpine scenery at the same day when we went to do some hiking after the ski day.
Jan a little bit higher beside a little reservoir.
Me at the same place.
Jan and the wonderfull mountains of Haute-Savoie.
Me in a reservoirs flood canal.
Scenery towards Tignes le Lac.
New morning and sunnier Motte.
Me and Jan having a break at restaurant 'Le Panoramic' 3032m.
Over the clouds, looking towards Mount Blanc.
Me skiing at the clacier of La Grande Motte.
And Jan also.
Jan getting ready to take the 'funiculaire' back to the village.
Me too!
Picture of our apartment in Tignes Val Claret.
My fathers, who also was there, Tbird we used to go the the next days hiking trip.
Jan and a little bit sunnier Alpine weather.
Local animals: marmot.
Me at a nice alpine river.
Jan and the cows we were able to barely miss before they came to drink.
More local animals.
Me at the highest point of our trip, more than 600m higher than the start point.
Jan at the same place. We had to turn back because the sun was getting lower and we didn't want to risk that the night cougth us in the middle of mountains.
The next two days were booked to motorcycle riding! Here I'm starting the trip to the highest open road of Alps: Punta Sommailler over 3000m of altitude!
I'm somewhere there but because Jans KTM was better suited to the 20km of gravel the next pictures of me are mostly looking downwards... :-)
Jans KTM and scenery toward the top.
More gravel...
More scenery pictures when Jan was waiting for me...
Me and the ZX12R
Jan and the KTM at top, app. 3030m of altitude!
Scenery towards Italy.
I was forced to leave ZX about 15 lower because the road changed too bad for vehicles able to achice over 300km/h. ;-)
And KTM...
...More...
And a bike needs also a rider!
More...
And now picture toward France.
And when You hit 3000m You have to proof it...
And still couple of...
...pictures...
...And the ZX!
But ones Your top Your only half way trough and You have to get down. This also explains why the ZX couldn't make it...
...or atleast this!!!
Getting down...
...and it was something like the last 5 meters!
At the clacier there has also been a summer skistation but nowadays there is only abandoned lifts left...
Then we desided to the a little hike to the clacier which seemed small...
Picture from halfway to the top...
...and a little bit higher. The crevasse was something like 3 meters deep and there was still ice beneath it - so maybe the clacier wasn't that small after all!!!
And a picture from top!
We also get down in one piece and here is still one picture beside the old lift. In the Coke bottle there is genuine alpine water straight from the clacier! And it was very fresh!!!
ZX in a little bit higher than first but this was it: the highest I could get!
And the facts! But infact the altitude was something like 3015m because the weather had changed and my clock was little off.
KTM ahead of old building in Colle Sommailler, 3009m.
On a way back to Tignes: south ramp of Col du Calibier.
It came even dark, before we reached Col de L'Iséran, near Tignes.
And another picture in the lights of the bikes...
The next day was also booked for riding. Here we are starting to climb from Moutiers.
A little bit later, towards Col de Madelaine.
Going up...
And now at the top, where we continued to Col de la Croix de Fer.
Allready riding downwards...
Next I rode to Malgat de Mar, Catalunya, near Barcelona. My fiancé Eve came there by plane because she had only a week of holiday.
One of my very good friends, Xavier also lives there with her wife Ivona and doughter Anna
Here the happy father with Anna.
Scenery from our hotelroom. The 'Skyrider' in picture proved to be irresistible to us...
Me eating a tartlet...
Eve enjoying the sun and beach of 'Costa Brava'.
Next day we took a train to Barcelona.
Eve posing on 'Placa de Catalunya'
When we came back the 'Skyrider' looks more and more tempting...
And we had to try it.
Soon it takes off!!!
Air we are!!!
...and then looking the 'Video' of us...
In the evening we eated in a very good Italian restaurant: La Dolce Vita.
This could be nice.
Eve on Barcelona Airport, waiting for take off.
Me next morning also leaving back to Finland.
So this was my two weeks holiday and I had a blast. Waiting next summer...