And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is the Stelvio Pass, east side from Prato. 48 switchbacks this side, 47 on the other side down to Bormio. My favorite climb, with either a bicycle or motorcycle. Opens at the end of May until the end of September, weather dependent. Road is SS38.
Trail? That's a road.
ReplyDeleteAnd it would be even steeper without that road!
DeleteThe power of the switchback...
DeleteReminds me of my motorcycle trip through the Alps.
ReplyDeleteHaving grown up in Colorado, I could easily traverse this roadway in a car but if it were a little footpath, I would probably refuse.
ReplyDeleteLooks similar to the famous Stelvio pass.
ReplyDeleteIt is the Stelvio Pass, east side from Prato. 48 switchbacks this side, 47 on the other side down to Bormio. My favorite climb, with either a bicycle or motorcycle. Opens at the end of May until the end of September, weather dependent. Road is SS38.
DeleteThe cluster of buildings is a hotel / restaurant / cafe at turn 22. Halfway up the climb. Great rest stop for the awesome views.
DeleteThats some serious bulldozer work some one did.
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