What has been done before on a bicycle is no parameter for new cycling tours. The truth is that age does play a role. My fitness level has plummeted, that, or my need for touring is too big. Come to think of it, to get fit I would need to built up cycling time, and I haven’t. By the time I am well in the mountains I am not much of a cyclist yet. Or am I?
Can the mind be mended to do a steep climb even though it haven’t climbed in years? It is just a matter of eating well, having slept nicely and wanting to do that climb. A few months ago I went along the same climb up to 1100 meter, on foot with a trailer. I want to reach that immense beautiful field of openness again, now with a bicycle. I am sure I can do it.