LIVE from the Camino That infamous descent into Zubiri

[Peregrinopaul]

I finally experienced it first hand. Yes, it’s a doozy! But I’m an old guy, and I made it without incident with my bike - not “on” my bike.
Today was dry, and may have been for a few days, so negotiating the chaotic surface was easily possible with care. As others have said, in rain it would be your worst nightmare. Take the road, busy as it is.
I have to say that it came up to my geological expectations. The outcrops are fascinating as the dip and strike changes. Near the bottom, the beds have become almost horizontal, forming a natural staircase. In other places, the bedding planes dip in synch with the slope - very nasty if slippery.
I took 72 photos. Hard pressed to choose one. But I loved this eroded channel, where the sides look like old walls. The blocks on the right look like left-overs from a stone mason.

 

[WalkinRon]

So glad to see you're finally back on The Camino!! Please update us on your progress.

Cheers!!!

 

[Peregrinopaul]

Yesterday, i took on the infamous ASCENT to Allto de Perdon. That was a real struggle for me, but at the critical moment fairly close to the top, a pilgrim that I had had dinner with in Espinal, miraculously showed up with a “Hi Paul,” and took my bike to the top. You know what they say…..

 

[Peregrinopaul]

That freed me to have a good look at the conglomerate.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Yesterday, i took on the infamous ASCENT to Allto de Perdon. That was a real struggle for me, but at the critical moment fairly close to the top, a pilgrim that I had had dinner with in Espinal, miraculously showed up with a “Hi Paul,” and took my bike to the top. You know what they say…..

I remember being passed by a bicigrino pedaling up the Alto de Mostelares past Castrojeriz. Then the pedalling got harder to do and the bike started to wobble. I pushed him for several meters until he regained his strength and again left me behind.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

We met a bicagrino gal in her 50's at the monastery we stayed at in Cornellana on the Primitivo in 2016. She was from Venezuela and it was her second time riding her bike on the same route. We saw her the next morning struggling to drag her bike up a steep rocky hill, so my son offered to pull it up for her.

P.S. I wonder how often that lone bikers need assistance up a few of the difficult spots on the various Camino routes if they are wanting to avoid a "road Camino".

 

[goldie from aus]

That freed me to have a good look at the conglomerate.
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Sometimes picture is worth a hundred, and your "ones" are awesome. Thank you