We finished the Transalp!

We are now in Riva del Garda. This is the end of our journey.

The last stage was not a rest. The last pass of 1,000 meters was very steep. Most of it was at 12% and some sections at 18%. To add to the degree of difficulty, tons of stinging flies were following us. Knowing that this was the last challenge we were taking our last energies to move us out of this hell.

We are very proud of the accomplishment and today we feel weird of not having to get our things together for another stages. It has been 12 days we have the same routine every morning. It was important for us to start early to finish not too late.

Our daily routine was:
-Wake-up at 7:15
-Breakfast when it opens at 7:30
-Putting on cycling gears and packing
-Leaving for the stage at 8:45
-Eating energy bar every hour
-Stopping for lunch in small restaurant along the way
-Struggling to finish the stage before 6 pm
-Taking recovery drinks
-Washing clothes
-Having dinner around 7 - 7:30
-Studying the next stage %grades
-Going to sleep @ 9 pm or so

Now we are in Riva and having nothing to do... We will find things. We need to start thinking packing our bikes. We have two connections on the way back (London and Halifax)and we know that every connection is a challenge for the cardboard boxes. Last year the boxes arrived in Montreal very damaged. We packed them in a rush in Milan without having much padding and tape. This time we will try to pack them in advance in Riva.