Today they boys will start at Guadix and cycle to Velez de Benaudalla, with the matter of getting over Pico in the middle. It's 30 miles of climbing, just to get to its base.
We all feel a lot better, having done the test drive yesterday, and being reassured that it is a good maintained road for the first 18miles. After that it's a little unknown.
According to the route plan, the boys will ascend the mountain from the Granada side, then head back down its southern side to continue their journey. There aren't really any documented accounts of the south side. We think this is because most people who tackle Veleta start and end in Granada, so going back down the same way. Presumably after a good rest and preparation.
I have reached a small hamlet of Pinos Genil, which is at the base of Pico proper. The boys should be here in about twenty mins I think.
Here's the planned route of Plan A.
Plan B is to get to the top and go back the way they came. This add about twenty miles on the their day so it's not ideal.
I will post again here, and on Facebook, as soon as each rider reaches the barrier at 18 miles, and when they leave, and when I hear from them again as to whether we do plan a or plan b
Wish them luck!!
Here's some photos from our stake out
It seems the biggest hazard ongoing up Pico is all the animals!! And not just wild goats, cows, Bulls and sheep, but also pet dogs! We saw two jump out on us on the way up there!! Crazy
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