Cicloturismo, Video

Jacob’s Ladder. La mitica salita in terra di Tasmania

 

Un’altra avventura a pedali, questa volta non troppo lontano da casa dato che i protagonisti sono australiani, con l’obbiettivo principale di scalare la mitica Jacob’s Ladder , nella selvaggia isola della Tasmania.

In realtà le salite affrontate dai ragazzi di NortSouth sono state quattro; Mt.Arthur, Mt.Barrow, Ben Lomond ed infine i ripidi tornanti sterrati della “scalata di Jacob” dove il panorama mozzafiato e le pendenze che in alcuni tratti arrivano all’11,6% la identificano come uno dei percorsi in bicicletta più spettacolari che si possano trovare in Oceania.

” As far as wild destinations go, Tasmania really is one of the best examples of unspoiled nature anywhere in the world. 40% of the island is protected in national parks and reserves with the entire southwest completely devoid of roads or any other human disturbances. The most amazing thing about Tassie though is that there’s never too many people there – locals or tourists.

You can ride for 50 kilometres through some of the most amazing landscapes in the world and you’ll only pass a couple of cars. Anywhere else in the world with this kind of scenery would be spoiled by the hoards of selfie snapping holidaymakers. Fortunately for those of us who enjoy a little bit of piece and quite, there’s 240 kilometres of water between Tasmania and the Australian mainland that causes many people to leave it off their holiday itineraries – much to their own detriment. “

Ci sono voluti due giorni per completare il percorso di 194 km e 4059 metri di dislivello e realizzare anche il reportage fotografico e le riprese video per il bellissimo filmato che vi proponiamo in questo articolo.

 

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Fonte: northsouth.cc