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I took a little break from cycling in the morning by riding the ‘Gelmerbahn’ funicular up one of the local mountains from Handegg. The whole journey is just 900m in length but there is a 50m section where the gradient reaches a crazy 106% (47.8°) - just 4% off the world record for most steepest funicular 😱

At the very top there is a really beautiful lake called the Gelmersee. It’s so peaceful and relaxing up there, and it’s a great place to really chill and think/contemplate. It takes over 2 hours to walk the entire way around - with one of the edges made up of a dam wall that you can also walk along. Some people were even hiking all the way to the bottom of the mountain - instead of taking the funicular back down.

In the afternoon I cycled to Lauterbrunnen. It was possible to create a route that stuck mostly to the valley road between the mountains - but I chose to ride a slightly shorter route that climbed alongside the Grosse Scheidegg. The views from this climb were unreal! The mountain landscape was so vast, making it hard to capture in photographs - but I’ve done my best.

The peak of the Grosse Scheidegg was over 2,000m - and from here until Geneva, no more climbs anywhere near that size are planned. It feels a little bit sad that I’m nearing the end of my journey, with only 2-3 more rides to get to the finish.

The update is a little bit shorter today since I got drunk in Lauterbrunnen and I’m feeling a little bit sorry for myself today 🤣

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Gary Bray

🇮🇹🇨🇭 day 10: Innertkirchen to Lauterbrunnen

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