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Hans went for a bike ride
2 days ago
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Hans went for a bike ride
3 days ago
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2 days ago
Today was partly a really beautiful stage 🚴♂️🌄 Especially the first 20 km (12 mi) leaving Moab. Slightly away from US-191, a bike path winds through the rock landscape and made for a very relaxed start.
Saying goodbye to Moab turned out to be harder than I expected 😕 I could easily have stayed there
Hans went for a hike
5 days ago
National Park Tour - Sightseeing Arches NP by my own
Auch hier bin ich nicht dieser Route gewandert. Ich hatte einen Mietwagen und bin die klassichen toristoschen Wege gefahren. Wobaie an den Stops auch mehr oder weniger ausgedehnte Wanderungen notwendig waren. Ich brauchte zum einen die Strecke und zum anderen einen Aufhänger für Fotos.
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4 days ago
Today I went back into the park with a rental car, just like I had planned 🚗🌄 I really wanted to see the classic highlights too. And by the end of the day I can honestly say: this was a very special and unforgettable experience. As impressive as the Grand Canyon, just in a completely different way
Hans went for a hike
5 days ago
National Park Tour - Sightseeing Arches NP Backcountry Tour
Ich habe nur ein kurzes Stück aufgezeichnet, um die Fotos und das Ereignis selbst in meine Kollektion einbringen zu können. Ich war also weder ausgiebig wandern noch sonstwas, sondern bin in einer kleinen Gruppe mit dem Jeep in entlegene Ecken gebracht worden, die sonst nicht von Touristen angesteuert werden. Die…
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4 days ago
After arriving in Moab, the day still wasn’t over for me 🚴♂️ I had already booked a backcountry tour for late afternoon. I wanted to see more than just the main paved road through the park where most visitors go. I wanted to see the other side of Arches too.
We first drove through the Utah State Dinosaur
Hans went for a bike ride
6 days ago
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5 days ago
Today was simply a great stage 🚴♂️ And a fast one too. Large parts of the route were downhill, sometimes with grades up to 7%. That really brought some speed and led to those long fast descents that are just pure fun.
Of course it was not all easy. There were still some strong climbs in between. And
Hans went for a bike ride
7 days ago
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6 days ago
Today it was climbing time again 🚴♂️ I started at around 1300 m (4300 ft) and ended up back above 2200 m (7200 ft). But honestly, that has become pretty normal by now. I’m riding across a huge high plateau and it just keeps going up and down all the time. Anyone thinking it eventually gets flat up
Hans went for a bike ride
May 19, 2026
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6 days ago
Today somehow felt harder than expected 🚴♂️ And that was even though there really was not that much climbing. A few short but pretty steep sections up to 10%, but overall, that was about it.
The descents today were the real highlight 🚴♂️💨 Fast and often really long. Pure fun.
The road was good, and
Hans went for a bike ride
May 19, 2026
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6 days ago
Today there was no bike ride for once 🚴♂️ Instead, I booked a guided tour through Monument Valley. I only let Komoot run for a very short section at the end, just to have a place for the photos. Because somehow this kind of sightseeing is still part of the trip too.
The road through the valley is honestly
Hans went for a bike ride
May 18, 2026
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6 days ago
I took my time on this rather short tour. Started late and kept stopping for photos.
The road was great to ride on and had a good shoulder at the beginning. But that soon changed and the shoulder disappeared. So you have to share the lane with the tourists. Not always fun. In the end, almost at the destination
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Hans went for a bike ride
May 17, 2026
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May 18, 2026
Today the climb somehow sneaked up on me 🚴♂️ From around 1300 meters (4300 ft) all the way up to more than 2100 meters (6900 ft) — slowly and almost without me noticing.
I had seen it during planning, but apparently I never really realized what it actually meant. All day I kept asking myself why everything
Hans went for a bike ride
May 16, 2026
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May 18, 2026
Today really felt like a day of contrasts 🚴♂️ From over 2300 m (7500 ft) down to around 1300 m (4300 ft). From cool mountain forests and unbelievable views back into the desert. From a pleasant 28°C with comfortable humidity back up to 35°C and that dry desert air again.
That change felt pretty crazy
Hans went running
May 15, 2026
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May 15, 2026
I simply couldn’t leave the Grand Canyon without running along the Rim at least once. So I rode my bike back into the park to have this one very special experience 🚴♂️
It was only five kilometers. Deliberately short, and almost always slightly downhill, so I wouldn’t put too much strain on myself. Besides
Hans went for a bike ride
May 14, 2026
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May 14, 2026
And back to the hotel on the Greenway to Tusayan. Super bike path !!
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Hans went for a hike
May 14, 2026
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May 15, 2026
A stay at the Grand Canyon had to include a walk along the Rim. There was no way around that for me.
There is the well-developed path directly along the edge, but there are also proper trails leading down into the canyon. Many of them are difficult and need real preparation: enough water, food, suitable
Hans went for a bike ride
May 14, 2026
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May 14, 2026
Since I couldn’t find a place to stay inside the park, I stayed in Tusayan, 11 km before the park. Which meant I had to climb all the way up to the Visitor Center at 2,200 m today.
a day ago
This turned into one of the toughest stages of the current tour 🚴♂️💨 And this time it had nothing to do with huge climbs or a particularly long distance.
The real fight started right after leaving the Interstate and turning onto UT-24. That was where the wind showed up. And not just a little headwind