Hiking & Cycling in Andorra is Cool AF | ep03

Going through some vlog footage in Andorra, love to keep memories of this stuff haha

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timestamps:
00:00 – 00:15 Intro
00:15 – 06:40 Hike 1
06:40 – 09:19 Cycling
09:19 – 16:50 Hike 2

(upbeat music) So we’re going on a little bit of a hike. And I don’t have many clothes with me apart from just like bike gear and running gear and like casual clothes. So we’re just gonna wear casual clothes. And you guys can come check out what a hike is like in Andorra. So this isn’t actually going to be a very big hike. I just wanna get to the top of the mountain that’s near us. We’re basically staying in Andorra. It’s in the Pyrenees and it’s absolutely beautiful. So the sun’s just started coming out after down pouring all night. So let me show you guys what I’m bringing. (music) Wow, looks so Australian, but I don’t have many clothes here apart from running and bike gear. So this is gonna have to do. So let’s go. Alrighty, so the plan was actually to do a sunrise hike but as you can see, it was torrential raining all morning and I didn’t get to do that. So we’re going now. The goal is, let me show yous. The goal is, the goal is there. That’s our goal. I wanna get to the top. Oh, look how beautiful this is. But according to CHATGPT, we’re in bear territory. I don’t really know what that means. But if it comes to that, I don’t know, I haven’t figured that one out yet. And I’ve downloaded this hike offline on Strava because I’ll probably get lost. Hola. Three kilometers, 523 meters of vert. This is not what the superblasts are for but it’s either this or Birkenstock Boston’s. So, yeah. Oh, look at this. Didn’t even know the coros does that. 20% gradient. I’ll tell you what I feel it. And Pogačar would just be like flying up this thing, you know. I’m in zone three at the moment. But this is epic. Look at this weird little bug. I mean, smart people would probably just do this with like water and food. I’ve just taken Red Bull. Stuff like this is so cool coming from an Aussie because like this doesn’t exist in Australia. So it’s pretty cool. Like I get it’s probably just bricks but you know, it’s pretty cool. Jeez you’re a bit sideways, aren’t you? Let me fix you. It’s a bit warm but still beautiful. Yeah, I’ll catch you guys at the very top and get a bit of B-roll on the way. My Gorilla Pod just broke. Two arms just broke. Look, ready? That’s pretty disappointing. Make sure I’m not stepping on any bumblebees because there’s a lot here. Look at this. Holy. Look at that. That is so cool. All those 33% gradients were definitely worth that. Now that I’m like just there, like you can see it. You can see it. You can see the top man. And I really wanna get there. Coll de Arans, which I assume this means like the peak because of Coll De Ordino, that was the peak. So I imagine you have to go that way, right? But I don’t think anyone has been that way for a very long time. Because there is like no path. Go there. I actually just don’t know where I’m going. (upbeat music) Man, this place is awesome, to be honest. So cool. The thing I find with hiking is that you always wanna go higher. Oh, look at this. Look at the bumblebee. Wish we had them in Australia. (upbeat music) Alrighty, so we’re gonna do a little bit of a climb Front brake doesn’t sound too good We’re gonna do a little bit of a climb I’m gonna take you guys along with me. We’ve got a headwind into the climb so it’s gonna be very slow Nice to get back on the tools But yeah, I am in Hayden’s smallest gear and I’m pushing 240 watts so Weapon, this climb has a lot a lot of pinches and it’s all uphill basically. So Yeah This is probably the nicest bike I’ll ever ride on in my life as well. But yeah, it’s so cool So this is like your standard hill basically Yeah, it’s hard to tell I’m currently pushing 330 watts so yeah, this is Hayden’s smallest gear. And leading up to the climb Hayden smallest gear I’m still pushing mid 200 watts so This climbs a cooker, about to be in zone 5 for about 20 minutes and Yeah Whilst I’ve been here I’ve been on the bike like eight hours a week. So not too much but Enough to keep a bit of base fitness Especially when every sessions of VO2 max in Hayden’s gears All right Yeah, so this is where I got to the other day Honestly like five high BPM here last time but it keeps going So But let’s keep going. I Don’t actually think the climb stops but the steep pinches stop just after the corner. So Let’s go and honestly does get harder to breathe the high you go up. I’ve never experienced anything like that And your heart rate like even if your legs feel fine Your heart rate just like boosts and you just find it hard to breathe a little bit but the descents like really fast All right. So I have I’ve only done 10k and I’ve been in zone three for 22 minutes and zone four for 13 minutes and zone one for a minute and 20 I’ve been in zone two for five minutes All righty, so we’re pretty much Exactly where we were last week now. I’ve just done a little bit of a hike up without vlogging it took me 45 minutes faster probably not ideal walking through long grass, but What do you do and I only have superblasts as my actual shoes. So Also, probably not ideal but I’m gonna try and see if there’s an actual way To get up this. If I don’t get to the top this will just be deemed a failure There’s just like hundreds of bees though hundreds, so One way to face your fear. it’s pretty steep. Yeah What’s the coros gradient? 32% I sent Hayden my live tracking just in case I get lost but there’s no reception. So Honestly, this is like the my biggest side quest era and then I’ll just go back to filming when I get back down so There’s either this or a long ride And I don’t want to blow up from a long ride again. So Instead of sticking to my awesome plan about the green part I just followed the creek bed up. So I was like, oh surely, you know and it ended here very windy if you can’t tell. I was like there is no way I’m able to get up this like no way I Just be on my hands and knees Crawling up it hoping not to slide I love how I haven’t seen a single other person Very beautiful though, isn’t it? Ah, I mean I could do this one like I could do it Like you could do it like deer just climbed it, you know, they don’t even have a hands so you can genuinely do it But at what risk, you know Like you could do it But at what risk anyway, let’s go. Let’s let’s go do this one These are some of the biggest horses I’ve ever seen in my life Look at em Genuinely They would have to be the biggest horses I have ever seen, you know, they’re sitting at 2,400 meters of altitude They would have some rock-solid cardio base, you know Think about the mitochondria in those guys. Oops. Sorry, mate Have a look at em This jacket’s been through absolute wars this jacket so This one probably isn’t my smartest idea to be honest. Jeez the superblast have seen better days They’ve definitely seen better days these boys All right Let’s just find some grass a So if you’re curious right there is where we were like 20 minutes ago The forecast didn’t say it was gonna rain but That doesn’t look too good I’m pretty sure this is what my physio is meant when they said Go do some knee rehab four hours of uphill three hours of downhill My Idea was to go there, but obviously you can see it ends there which you couldn’t see that from the bottom. So Then it would’ve then it would’ve got really interesting after that Because it’s just all rocks It’s quite deceiving it looks very doable then when you get up there like It’s not worth it It’s gonna rain These mountains don’t stop a I was like I made it Now it would be super rude to not go to that one right, but unfortunately for me, I don’t know when to stop Look at this It keeps going though you can still keep going I could do it, but the clouds are coming in That is my little hiking journey that ended up being a four hour and 20 minute hike Could get to the top though. I could keep going. The clouds are covering the top now anyway, all right, I Don’t have hiking pants and probably hiking shoes and not not my poor little super blast I was looking forward so much to getting these for running And I’ve had to hike them because I don’t have hiking shoes. I didn’t bring them because You know getting luggage from Australia Europe is very expensive so Especially extra luggage it’s so expensive. Anyway, I’m gonna put my hands in my pockets and try not to freeze to death on the way down