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The Hills are Alive (with the sound of wheezing)
Escaping the 2020 (von) Trap(p) in Austria
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Jon Ayling
1,053 km (654 miles) over 18 days between Aug. 26, 2020 and Sep. 12, 2020
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Preparation and "planning"
A minor moment of revelation
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Day-18: Quick decisions
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Day-17: I've heard a rumour that Austria is a bit hilly
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Day-14: Hochburg, we have a problem
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Day-4: The Great Marshaling of Gear
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Day-3: A blurry route starts to come into focus
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Day-1: The usual packing scramble
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Spoiler alert!
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Setting Out
A perilous voyage
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Bavaria and Tyrol
An all-too promising start
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The heavens open, but for some reason I go for the off-road pass anyway
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A step down in effort
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You shall not Pass?
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Salzburgerland and Upper Austria
All about the Salzach
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The Ski Route
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The Mountain Bike Route
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Styria and Lower Austria
Unexpectedly Spectacular Routes
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Bikers and Rafters
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Before the Deluge
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The End of the Alps
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Burgenland and Slovakia
Pictures of Rust
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Rest/Rust day
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Border crossing success
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Sightseeing in Bratislava
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A morning in Bratislava and return to Austria
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Returning Home
An absurdly early start
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Back across the North sea
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A fortuitous window
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Post-Tour Reflections
Typical cavalcade of numbers
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