Wingit
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Just a quick post to highlight the book by John Hermann, American motorbike tourer and writer.
My mate Aidan and I recently did a trip threading a load of alpine passes together using John Hermann's book "Motorcycle Journeys Through the Alps".
We took the Hull to Rotterdam ferry then headed SE across Germany, overnighting at a campsite south of Ulm. The next day we pushed on into northern Italy for the second camp.
Day three was the start of the passes starting with the Stelvio which was very entertaining because it happened to be a Sunday and the Italians were in full on kamikaze mood.
After surviving the Stelvio we travelled east to west, joining all the passes up from Hermann's book as we headed to our most westerly point, Chamonix, before heading up through the Black Forest and back through Holland to Rotterdam for the ferry home.
The reason for this post is to highlight the usefulness of John Hermann's book. We found it to be a brilliant reference. All the passes we did out of the book did not disappoint and some blew our minds. Of particular interest in the book were some of the dead end valleys that we would not have explored had we not been pointed in the right direction and that turned up some spectacular scenery.
Cheers, Ken
My mate Aidan and I recently did a trip threading a load of alpine passes together using John Hermann's book "Motorcycle Journeys Through the Alps".
We took the Hull to Rotterdam ferry then headed SE across Germany, overnighting at a campsite south of Ulm. The next day we pushed on into northern Italy for the second camp.
Day three was the start of the passes starting with the Stelvio which was very entertaining because it happened to be a Sunday and the Italians were in full on kamikaze mood.
After surviving the Stelvio we travelled east to west, joining all the passes up from Hermann's book as we headed to our most westerly point, Chamonix, before heading up through the Black Forest and back through Holland to Rotterdam for the ferry home.
The reason for this post is to highlight the usefulness of John Hermann's book. We found it to be a brilliant reference. All the passes we did out of the book did not disappoint and some blew our minds. Of particular interest in the book were some of the dead end valleys that we would not have explored had we not been pointed in the right direction and that turned up some spectacular scenery.
Cheers, Ken
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