The path is so steep - it doesn't take much for the tip of my nose to touch the stones. I push my bike in front of me with my arms outstretched. I don't need my head right now, it's dangling somewhere between my shoulders towards the ground. Instead, all my blood seems to have rushed into my calves. My muscles are working at full speed - close to the pain threshold. Just don't stop, it will only make it worse. When the ramp is over, I take another close look at the map. There's no way this is a military track! Military roads were built in relatively flat serpentines to transport supplies weighing tonnes to the front. And these ramps from Cortina d'Ampezzo to the Rifugio Croda da Lago were certainly not snorted up by a loaded mule. Even a four-wheel drive vehicle would have problems here. At least the black tyre stripes on the tarred road surface speak for themselves.
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