Hardest Climb

So after last night's extracurricular activities, David and I decided to ride around Porrino a bit. He wanted to show me a few roads and climbs so I would not be so lost. The most impressive part of the ride was the climb up Monte Aloia. This was far and away the toughest climb I've ever done. Although Mt. Nebo in Arkansas is extremely tough and steeper, it is only about 5 km compared to the almost 7.5 km of punishment that Aloia dishes out. The toughest psychological bit is that you actually can see the entire hill at each step of the climb so you can see how much you have left. After that, we went down and tied it with a climb up San Cosme. During the regular group rides on weekdays at 11 AM and weekends at 10:30 AM, we follow the same route called Vuelta al Valle. We climb San Cosme from the longer, but much easier side but today we went up the steeper shorter side. After having climbed it and descended home, I was pretty much spent.

This is another set of Barcelona pictures. The dock at the end of La Rambla and a boat parked there are the first two pictures. The third picture is of a group of friends and my cousin having dinner my last night in Barcelona.