Super, Super, Super e ancora una volta Super!

诺亚 · 发表于 2005-10-7 14:22

A few days ago I finished my latest 'Hans Rey Adventure Team' trip together with Cross Country legend Thomas Frischknecht from Switzerland. We did a 6 day freeride tour in the heart of the Alps utilizing ski-lifts, gondolas, trains and shuttles to get around and to the top of some of the best singletrails in the world. We did close to 60,000 ft (20,000 m) vertical downhill trails. The Alta Rezia regions consists of approx. 40 villages partly Swiss and partly Italian; our route started in St. Moritz via Tirano via Livigno to Bormio, with many detours and surprises along the way. As usual we had a filmcrew in tow (Halsundbeinbruch Film), who filmed in HD format for a DVD and to produce royalty-free TV footage; as well as photographer Stefan Eisend, who is also producing a royalty-free photo CD. Our complete crew was on bikes, which really helped us keep the pace and move along very efficient. The "Alta Rezia Freeride" will become a permanent route for people to ride on their own in the future. One can either ride the entire 6 day route or choose any individual stage, always using public transportation to get up the mountains or back to the point of origin. The region will provide maps, a DVD and GPS coordinates free of charge in 2006 to follow our tire marks (<a href="http://www.alta-rezia.com/" target="_blank" >www.alta-rezia.com</A>). Frischi was the perfect partner for this trip. The Freeride boom is just about to hit Europe and our diverse backgrounds - Mr. Cross Country and Mr. Extreme - were the perfect combination for this trip. But we also have much in common besides our <IMG src="http://www.altarezia.ch/images/sunevedxcornice.jpg" align=right border=0> passion for mountain bikes and Italy, we are both Swiss, World Champions, Mountain Bike Hall of Famers and both of us have been around since the early days of mountain biking. Frischi rode a Scott Genius MC10 (5 inch) with a Fox Float 130 XTT fork, I rode a brand-new prototype GT i-drive 7 (7 inch) with a Fox 36 fork. Day 1: St. Moritz - Celerina - Marguns - Alp Survretta - Bever - Bernina - Murtas Muragl - Pontresina It couldn't have been more Swiss than this, with the exception of meeting Heidi, we just about experienced it all: majestic glaciers, delicious chocolate, fresh cheese, happy cows, red-cheeked jodelers with alphorns, the famous red mountain train and bunches of curious japanese tourists. We had a full day which started out at the recently launched Frischi Bike School in Celerina from there we took our first gondola. From the top we had a short 30 minute climb with incredible views of St. Moritz and the surrounding glaciers and mountains. The first 1,5 hour downhill took us to the town of Bever were we waited for a short while for the "Rhätische Bahn" - the famous red mountain train - which took us for a small fee to the Bernina Pass. From there we descended past the Morteratsch Glacier down to Murtas Muragl where we jumped on the next Gondola for our last and final downhill of the day. I <IMG src="http://www.altarezia.ch/images/laghidxcornice.jpg" align=right border=0> almost took my eye out on a dead tree branch which I didn't notice, since I was focusing on the trail rather than the tree. I got quite lucky, my Evil Eye glasses prevented me from getting an evil eye. The branch broke off but scratched me like Zoro across the entire face. Frischi had his own wake up call when he practiced half a backflip. We were very tired and sunburned after the last singletrail to Pontresina, where we stayed in the Sport Hotel. Day 2: Pontresina - Bernina - Poschiavo - Tirano - Poschiavo Early morning we rolled from the hotel to the train station and took the little red train to the top of the Bernina Pass at 2253m (7391ft). We dropped down on the south side of the Alps past the Palü Glacier to the idillic town of Poschiavo at the most Eastern tip of Switzerland. We started out in the snow and continued on some breathtaking trails, hit a sweet wallride and rod