High Altitude Struggles up the Oberalppass -Cycling Switzerland- Ep 2

Having struggled on day one, as we took an easier day to help recover, but not waste any chance of exploring more of this beautiful country. We decided to head up the Oberalppass, an easier stunning climb straight out of Andermatt. I wasn’t expecting to be at max heart rate 2 minutes into the climb and managing my effort in the altitude on my way to another 2000m summit.

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All right so i’m back i’m still standing after yesterday i was very ill last night um steve and pete managed to go out for a ride this morning they went down the cottage straza um have a nice up and down there but we’re gonna go for an up

And down or the overall pass just out of under mat just a nice little leg spin after yesterday’s brutal uh triple ascents above 2000 meters we were all feeling a bit this morning several of us not keen have a nice restful relaxing morning and the sun’s still out it does look a

Bit breezy out there still as you can see we’re uh slobs just just lounging around um going down to the dungeon get the bikes out and go and experience a bit more of this beautiful country because we’re still loving switzerland even if it’s not loving our bodies oh

Me just dragging your feet then you all look keen orange is the color is it today Things have never been the same since you packed your bags That was a rude awakening no time for a warm-up straight up to 1500 meters and it just spirals up this hillside you brought pass Between walls we both know oh so well now’s the time he stops pretending i’m smiling what is happening It’s only six to seven percent my heart rate is already maxing out this elevation thing how long does it take to acclimatize to this i know i’m gonna be last up so i’m just setting my own pace now 10k apparently i’m on holiday what if i would tell you that

Things don’t happen once they always come back what if i could throw us back all right the climb is now flattened out to about five to six percent we’re going through this valley now it can’t be that far from the stomachs i’m at 1948 meters of elevation

And i’ve done seven point seven k dean said it was 10k so a couple of k to go can’t be that far over 2000 meters surely not again my heart rate is at max at this elevation so i can only go as fast as i can go without running out of breath

This altitude it’s not something you can train for do all the climbing i did thinking i’ll be ready for this gonna have to change my plans for everything i want to achieve this week suddenly it’s clear to me you’re all i ever wanted can’t you see that you follow What a beautiful climb justin that was lovely with a train there that tunnel to finish that was pretty epic and it flattened at the top yeah i enjoyed that win first my first win your first win well done you you’re down come back up and come back for punishment

Third climb of the day you’ve already done the gutter straws this morning you’re still still feeling fresh did we not punish you enough yesterday i don’t know you cope with these out to the altitude i i can barely breathe i’m max heart rate all the way really yeah no i’m feeling okay

Good for you i am not jealous whatsoever oh thought i was ordering girls hello that’s not apple strudel no it isn’t is it it looks good though that’s donuts yeah apple donuts and i’ve got the old ice cream is it any good though uh First Down All right so we’re back down in andaman i’m just gonna pedal around the town wait for the others you are still up there somewhere on the mountain All right that’s where we’ve just been up there the uber out path zoom in there’s all the switchbacks all the way up and over for the valley that’s a great claim though where would you rank that on the uh four claims we’ve done so far

Seven out of ten seven out of ten yeah really nice quite quite flat yeah focused on my favorite that that was pretty good climb it wasn’t too hard actually it was over before i thought it was going to be yeah but it takes me longer to get up there so i

Reckon i enjoy them more because i take one more time to savor the views it’s just a short little ride for me today trying to recover from yesterday i’m gonna go out get some shopping get myself some tea sorted have a proper meal tonight cause i didn’t really eat last night

And then we’ll think about what we’re doing tomorrow uh pete’s just said he still wants to do the big loop i don’t know yet two thousand meters of altitude it’s just yeah i mean even down here at uh 1400 meters it’s uh literally the first slope that we hit

Was a bit of a shock to the system as soon as my heart rate gets to the max out i can only go as fast as i can go with breathing it’s an odd feeling it really is not feeling not being able to do what you know you can do

But anyway that’s day two we’ll see you tomorrow for more high mountains I’m away [Applause]