Alps Unicycle Tour, August 2005 - # - Nathan Hoover photo galleries

10 unicyclists, 8 Alpine passes, 19 days, 565 miles, 44000' climbing, 7000 digital images. What an amazing trip!

Many of the trip members contributed photos. The ones I didn't take are marked with the photogrpaher's initials. Thanks to everyone for sharing!

Thanks to the awesome guys at smugmug, you can now see the locations of all the photos on maps.smugmug.com on zoomable, pannable Google Maps-style maps! You can also see these by clicking the "Map this" button on the top right when viewing any photo. Also check out the GoogleEarth feed for this gallery. Will wonders never cease?

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[LG] August 1, 2005 (70km/626m): AUT starts in Füssen, Germany, under the famous Neuschwanstein Castle. From left: Beau, David, Kim, Joe, Nathan, Scot, Bronson, Andy, Irene, John and Ken. Not pictured: the support team of Connie, Dana and Laura (plus Karl for the last week).

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Neuschwanstein Castle from above on our hike before the tour started.

After 10km, we come to our first border crossing. It's on a dirt road, unmanned, and we're off into Austria.

[JS] On a nice unicycle path, riding through Austria.

August 2 (23km/490m): About to start riding from Holzgau to Lech, Austria.

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[KL] First real climb: 490m and up to 7.5% grade.

How our unicycles spent the night in Lech - in ski racks.

[KL] August 3 (82km/481m): Climbing our first pass, Flexenpass (1773m), in rain.

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[KL] Descending the other side in fog, rain, tunnels and traffic.

[LG] August 1, 2005 (70km/626m): AUT starts in Füssen, Germany, under the famous Neuschwanstein Castle. From left: Beau, David, Kim, Joe, Nathan, Scot, Bronson, Andy, Irene, John and Ken. Not pictured: the support team of Connie, Dana and Laura (plus Karl for the last week).

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Neuschwanstein Castle. From left: Beau, David, Kim, Joe, Nathan, Scot, Bronson, Andy, Irene, John and Ken. Not pictured: the support team of Connie, Dana and Laura (plus Karl for the last week). Maps/GPS/Heart rate: at Motionbased in GoogleEarth at Google Maps" href="javascript:openLB(34732311,'',XLarge,'',1024,768);"> [LG] August 1, 2005 (70km/626m): AUT starts in Füssen, Germany, under the famous Neuschwanstein Castle. From left: Beau, David, Kim, Joe, Nathan, Scot, Bronson, Andy, Irene, John and Ken. Not pictured: the support team of Connie, Dana and Laura (plus Karl for the last week).

Maps/GPS/Heart rate: at Motionbased in GoogleEarth at Google Maps