81kms
Riding Time 4hours11mins
730 tea wakeup, riding by 850am. I wish all passes wre like this one today. Just a nice gentle slope up, just steep enoughto make progress, and just mild enough you dont blow up.
Its a cold cold day though today, full toque, facemask, gloves, extra layers.. On the summit of the pass, it was adorned with prayer flags (like always) and I mtb'd up to the very top with everyone for a tibetan biscuit and a few pics. The downhill flew, hitting 64km/hr at a fw points.After lunch, Nick, Michel and I rode in to see the Xiquin Hot Springs, renowned for this area. THey turned out to be a muddy hole in the ground, interesting, but maybe Ive been spoiled with Japans amazing onsen scene.
10k into the small town of Lhatse, its a bit like the wild west here, when we stopped to shop for a few things, hordes of kids and adults followed in and just watched.
They love to pick up the bikes, and seeing full suspension work is like theyre watching something from mars. 10k more and we got to the campsite in a little valley, great day of riding, feeling strong, lots of water downed today, maybe 8litres. Big day coming tomorrow I hear...
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