Nothing better than a beer at the summit of a big cycling climb.
Col d’Aubisuqe
Glacier de Mont-de-Lans (3158 metres):
Le Bar 3200 was open 🙂
Madeleine
Plateau de Beille
Col du Galibier
Lac Cap de Long
Grand St Bernard
Le Semnoz – with Jens
Wine! Kind stranger atop Joux Plane
Col de l’Arpettaz
La Berarde
Col des Saisies
Grand Colombier
Col de la Ramaz – TdF
Les Arc
Valmorel
Zurich 6 Day
Lac du Mont Cenis
Ventoux Carbo Loading
Beer Store below Madeleine
Ice Cream? Annecy
Base of Tourmalet
Col de l’Iseran bike only day – Grey Beard drinks beer
Beauty shot – Verona & Doreen
Le Vercors
Col des Glières
Le Vercors
Col de la Joux Verte
Col d’Allos
Col de la Croix de Fer
Col de la Colombière
Grand Colombier w/ J. Coppel fan club
Joux Plane w/Dave
No clue
Plateau des Glières
Ventoux
Col de la Faucille
Col d’Aubisuqe
Watching Paris-Nice
Col du Marchairuz
Croix de Fer
Apple Juice at Mont du Chat???
Tour d’Enfer – Beaufort
Col de la Croisette – Dauphiné day
Polka Dots and Beer watching the Tour
Ventoux at Dawn
Barrage de la Grand Dixence
Seriously Thirsty
Down Low? Alicante
Valloire w/ Jens
Lac d’Engstlen
Cheers. Mollard.
Col du Glandon
Cheers from Monte Grappa
Me and a Russian General. Gotthardpass.
After the Maratona dles Dolomites w/ Philippe
Markus after La Baudichonne
Joux Plane with Markus
Beers with the gang watching Tour de France in JurasAlpe d’Huez after La Marmotte with La Côte WheelersSantuario di OropaGalibier beer at Desgranges monumentBirra Moretti at Colle dell’Agnello – 2744 metres
Very Nice Will!
An isotonic high carbohydrate malt based recovery drink is a fitting reward after a tough climb. I will follow your lead and a raise a toast to you at the top of each of the climbs on “Ride The Rockies” this year.
You always bring a smile to my face with your posts. Hope the knee is doing well!!!
Ralph (Le Blaireau)
If I were to have *a* beer, just one, after summiting a long hot climb, you would not want to encounter me trying to make it back down. 🙂
Some of us are lightweights and prefer a coke. Thankfully there are few places serving beer that also wouldn’t have a coke. I have to say, a 3 Euro coke at the top of a long climb tastes so much better than the 1 Euro variety in the city. Why is that?
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I love summit beers. This summer I climbed Mt Lafayette in New Hampshire and had a lovely locally brewed IPA at the top. The best feeling.
These all look amazing.
Very Nice Will!
An isotonic high carbohydrate malt based recovery drink is a fitting reward after a tough climb. I will follow your lead and a raise a toast to you at the top of each of the climbs on “Ride The Rockies” this year.
You always bring a smile to my face with your posts. Hope the knee is doing well!!!
Ralph (Le Blaireau)
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Excellent. I mean, what’s the point of doing it all without a cold one on top 🙂
Wow, summit beers… great idea!
Too bad for that one lemonade at Col de l’Arpettaz! :-p
(forgive me, I’m Belgian ;-))
Really like your blog, Will!
..,good onya mate!
Enjoy 2017
Graham. Mallorca
If I were to have *a* beer, just one, after summiting a long hot climb, you would not want to encounter me trying to make it back down. 🙂
Some of us are lightweights and prefer a coke. Thankfully there are few places serving beer that also wouldn’t have a coke. I have to say, a 3 Euro coke at the top of a long climb tastes so much better than the 1 Euro variety in the city. Why is that?