I’ll not ride alone on this 4 months trip. A few ‘fellows’ from the ‘neighborhood’ have already expressed their intend to accompany me as mascots and staying with me through thick and thin.
Daily Archives: August 17, 2014
First Briefing
The first rider meeting was held this morning in the hotel conference area. Staff members and riders introduced themselves to the rest. Cristiano, Henry and Yudo did an awful job scouting this one of a kind tour earlier this year. It sounds as if we will have a lot of ‘fun and pain’ on this tour, as we ride a tour nobody did before.
The TdA Staff Team running Trans Oceania 2014
Cristiano (Assistant Director), Andreas (Director, Mechanic), Chelsea (Medic) and Nellie (Comms & Social Networking)
Local Travel Agent and Support Vehicle Drivers
Daniel, Van Danu, Sulis and Yudo (from left)
The riders tensely listening what the ‘directors’ have to say
Stage 01: Sumatra
| Medan to Berastagi | |||||
| Date: | 18-08-2014 | Time: | 04:24 h | Temp: | 22/28 °C |
| Distance: | 55 km | Σ km: | 55 km | To Go: | 10987 km |
| Up: | 1500 m | Σ Up: | 1500 m | Calories: | 2694 kcal |
| Down: | 197 m | Σ Down: | 197 m | Σ kcal: | 2694 |
| Conditions: |
warm, humid, road partially bad in the beginning |
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A typical Cristiano ‘first day out of the camp’ ride: “Ascent to heaven”. A constant climb from the first kick. Air temperature was good, but humidity at 100% after the drizzles stopped. The road on the first km had seen much better days, but is still considered paved in TdA terms. Getting on the main road the long climb started. Traffic was dense but most of the cars and trucks did not take too much risk to save a few seconds …
