Tour de France Camp O'12
NC at it again dominating the hardest HC climbs of the Alpe's while jumping in the morning and watching the big boys mix it up in the afternoon. In this years edition of the Nordic Combined TDF we managed to knock down:
Col du Madeleine, Col du Glandon, l'Alpe d'Huez, Montee de Courchevel (some on rollerskis), Cormet de Roselend, Col du Petit St Bernard, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier
for a grand total of 14,500 meters of climb over nearly 600km.
This year we also had fellow Nordic Combined Olympians Jed Hinkley and Carl Van Loan, the proprieters of "Olympian Tours" bring several guests who rode with us and made some helpful donations to the National Nordic Foundation. Also supporting this effory was Fast Big Dog racing who through in some sicky kits and water bottles as well as Park City Cole Sport and Honey Stinger.
Now the B team is training in Oberstdorf, Germany for several days and the A team is headed to Sochi to try out the new jumps and compete in some comps this coming weekend!
Here is a little video that mr @skifletch made to commerate our epic week.