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ADV and climbing/mountaineering combo
Hello All, I'm new here but a long time ADV'er. It's taken me a long time to pull my finger out and get online so I've a lot to catch up on...
Recently I've been thinking it would be good to two-birds one-stone-it with climbing trips and riding. Has anyone any experience of this? Maybe the Transfagarasan highway and then climbing in the Carpathian Mountains as a first trip, possibly in early September 2024. I would be keen to meet people with similar interests an experience. Please don't hesitate to drop me a line, I'm in Devon. George
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I'm assuming you mean climbing as in technical mountaineering and/or rock climbing, not in the sense of trekking or scrambling. If I'm wrong about that, just ignore the following.
I've put bits of effort into combining motorbike bike riding with other mountain sports and have never made it work for anything beyond simple day hiking/trekking. That's because the amount of gear required is so great, and there's little overlap with the sorts of stuff needed for riding. Think: ropes, rack, shoes/boots, poles, snow and ice anchors, axe(s), harness, rescue kit, avalanche kit, backpack, technical clothing, storm gear, bivy stuff, lightweight food and cooking, traction devices....
I'd try loading up your bike to see if you can make it work. I couldn't--either climbing or motorbike touring was enough by itself. Just don't cheat yourself by leaving anything out on your trial run.
Hope that's helpful.
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Haven't done anything serious, but I imagine if you overlay the Italian TET with some Via Ferrata opportunities in the Dolomites, you would get an excellent holiday!
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Haven't done anything serious, but I imagine if you overlay the Italian TET with some Via Ferrata opportunities in the Dolomites, you would get an excellent holiday!
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Oof, my via ferrata gear on it's own fills up a backpack
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Thanks Mark,
Yes for the reasons you mention I think I wouldn’t try any ice climbing or cold weather mountaineering with the bike.
I have done it before with sports gear in Spain. Was just wondering really if it would be too mentally frying to do trad on the bike somewhere more adventurous with more risk variables say E.g Morocco.. I suppose there’s only one way of truly finding out! ????
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Definitely try it and report back here; I'm always--or at least often--happy to learn I was wrong.
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