Back from one week Alp Mountains offroad trip

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Back from one week Alp Mountains offroad trip

Post by housil » Sat Jul 08, 2017 4:38 pm

I just came back from a 6 days, 5 countries Alp Mountains Germany -> Austria -> Switzerland -> France -> Italy offroad trip.

Europa´s most high border Italy/France at 2.744m (= 9.000ft)
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Visitung nice cities
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See old WW1...
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...and WW2 fortifications
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Driving at the edge of the Alp Mountains for hours
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In no mans countries
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Far far away from any food place...
So we had to have lunch sometimes in the middle of nowhere at 2.000 m
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Lucky me, I always bring an MRE with me
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10 years old "beef stew", great taste and also the FRh worked great!
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2nd lunch from same MRE
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3rd...
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But we also had great Italian and French food! :wink:

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Re: Back from one week Alp Mountains offroad trip

Post by alohakid » Sun Jul 09, 2017 6:45 am

housil - Your pictures always "deliver"... truly enjoy those spectacular scenic views... question: the Alp Mountains roads you drove for ours, not paved???... one more question: traveling from country to country, no need for passports?

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Post by housil » Sun Jul 09, 2017 2:24 pm

alohakid wrote:question: the Alp Mountains roads you drove for ours, not paved???...
Nope, just graveled (if you have luck) or we drove on the plain rocks. These "streets" were built in/before WW1.
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alohakid wrote: one more question: traveling from country to country, no need for passports?
That´s Europa - no need for passports to travel over borders :mrgreen:

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Post by alohakid » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:34 am

WOW Look at that mountain view, spectacular... one more question, promise: How many miles did you guys travel on the grave roads?

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Post by housil » Mon Jul 10, 2017 7:10 am

The total trip was 2.333km (=1.500 Miles). Due to the roadbook, we did ~ 800km offroad.
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Post by alohakid » Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:10 pm

It goes without saying, you put off-road tires on your Ferrari 488 GTB!

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Post by Dekard » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:41 am

wow!

that's great - thanks for sharing : )

what do you do if there is another vehicle traveling in in the opposite direction on the single lane mountain road?!

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Post by steve1989 » Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:23 am

What an adventure!! Great pictures and also great use of what looks to be a 13 year old MRE.

Love your Sunshine State shirt too, Housil! ;)

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Post by alohakid » Tue Jul 11, 2017 3:31 am

ekadDr wrote:wow!

that's great - thanks for sharing : )

what do you do if there is another vehicle traveling in in the opposite direction on the single lane mountain road?!
Dekrar -Great question... thought about of that as well but could not ask since I used up my allocation of questions. :mrgreen:


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Re: Back from one week Alp Mountains offroad trip

Post by alohakid » Tue Jul 11, 2017 3:36 am

steve1989 wrote:What an adventure!! Great pictures and also great use of what looks to be a 13 year old MRE.

Love your Sunshine State shirt too, Housil! ;)
Great eye there Steve... was too busy looking at the mountains to notice it... me thinks Olli would look sexy in a Florida Gator shirt! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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