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Mauro Repetti 29 august 2008
OPEN YOUR EARS and then (with my photos) also your EYES , BOYS,
BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE AT WHAT YOU WILL HEAR and SEE !!!
First some consideration about this climb
..
1) IMPOSSIBLE TO DO WITH ROAD-RACE BIKE (also with triple front !)
(maybe a great climber, like Simoni or th e poor Pantani, will be able to do with a race bike
.but sure with the TRIPLE !!!!! as you remember, profs use the triple also at Plan de Corones that is LESS steep than Malga Palazzo
Impossibile instead to do the descend with a road bike
.cemento is not flat, is bumpy
)
2) NEEDS A MOUTAIN BIKE (better with shock because the CEMENTO ROAD is not flat, but bumpy , with some holes
)
3) BE CAREFUL IN THE COME DOWN
.I used a full-suspended MTB with DISC-BRAKES
RECOMMENDED !!!! YOU CANT PERMIT TO LEAVE THE BRAKES ALSO FOR HALF SECOND !!!!
4) DO THE DESCENT PIECE AFTER PIECE (I USE THE STOPS IN DESCENT FOR TAKE PHOTOS BECAUSE I DID THE CLIMB WITHOUT STOPS) and let rest the brakes in the descent
.discs or wheels became VERY HOT !!!!!
5) It is NOT a normal climb, it is something inhumane
..I think everyone of us just know this
.BUT the fact is that is really WORSE that one can imagine
.in front of you suddenly appears incredible walls
..
The less steep part of Malga Palazzo is like the steepest of Huy-Mortirolo-Zoncolan!!!
Yesterday I climbed Malga Palazzo without stops
.only few seconds for to fill the water-bottle
.
So
.. IT WAS THE HARD CLIMB OF MY LIFE
and I had to give the maximum I had in my legs ..in my head,,,
.in my mind
in my breathe
.for to win the battle
.
Yes
because is a battle with your head
.because for me this is a climb to do most with the head
..not the legs
..
.you have to have a GREAT BALANCE (like equilibrist) because in the hardest part you have to do zig-zag
..and you are always in the way to fall down
a lot of energy you use for to stay in balance
..
You have to find your right pedal
..and try not to accelerate also for a little
.use always the same cadence of pedal
..in this way the heart dont increase
..
Tech date:
I would divide the climb in 4 Sections :
1) The first 3 km are the steepest - inhumane
2) Than 1 km not inhumane, but always around 15- 18 -20 % (like the steepest part of Huy or Montagne Croix or Zoncolan-Mortirolo
)
3) Than 2,5 km again very very very steep (a little bit less than the first 3)
4) The last 1,1 km I consider it NOT in the real climb, because is from end of cement road until house Malga Palazzo and it is almost flat and OFF ROAD
.
There are some things to explain about altitude - length
.
For revelation tech date I have used 2 counter 1 inclinometer 1 altitude measurer
1) From the The BRIDGE near La cava start of Cemento road (altitude about 400 mt)
TO the END of CEMENTO ROAD (with Big stick) (altitude mt 1520 ) are 6,5 Km with average slope of 17,2 % (max slope ?? more tha 45 %)
2) from the END of CEMENTO ROAD (altitude mt 1520 about)
TO house MALGA PALAZZO (altitude mt 1550 about) are 1,2 Km
with average slope of 14,9 %
so, in my opinion, the REAL CLIMB IS WHERE FINISH THE CEMENT ROAD and where one member of the Big has put the Big Stick .
so , the real climb is long 6,5 KM (from start and end of cemento road )- -
the piece off-road until house of Malga is almost flat
but is wonderful and worth the pedal.
The piece from Besenello to BRIDGE START CEMENTO ROAD is long km 1,1 (but for me the climb is from start of cemento road).
Summary :
Length km 6,5 - Difference altitude until end cemento road mt 1.120 about
Difference altitude until Malga Palazzo mt 1.150 about (and km 7,7)
Average speed km 4,1 !!!
maximun speed of the climb until Cemento road 8,8 km/h !!!!
(in the piece off-road until house Malga I reach 17 km/h)
temperature at the start 30° C
temperature to the top 24 ° C
calories = 1100
speed gear used :
90 % of the climb = front 22 rear 30
10 % of the climb = front 22 rear 26
TIME OF MY CLIMB from Bridge start cemento road
to end cemento road Big stick
One hour and 35 minutes.
Than needs 10 minutes from end Cemento road
until house Malga Palazzo in a off-road.
Another thing: during climb and descent I have found beautiful peoples
..one family invited me at lunch during climb
clearly I cannot
..and in the descent I stopped to them for a coffee
..
Everyone with the cars salute me
..one ask me where I found this climb
on newspaper ??? he ask me....
Ciao
MAURO