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Catching Breath: A Himalayan Race That Will Literally Take Your Breath Away
Did you know that your body gets only half the oxygen in extreme altitudes? And you need a lot of it when trying to reach exactly 5,359 meters above sea level, on rocky, crumbling roads, accompanied by icy winds that will try to knock you…
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Meet the Catching Breath Heroes: Our Own Fantastic Four
To find a gang of humans whose idea of fun is to go and try to break the standing cycling record for one of the highest Himalayan passes, we needed to dig deep. A route spanning 40 kilometres with a constant 5-per-cent gradient, unstable harsh…
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The Perfect Shot: Hard Work Behind Cycling Photography
Have you ever wondered how some of the mountain bike photos in magazines were taken? It sometimes takes unimaginable effort to make a single “beauty shot”. This is the story of one of them.