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Giro Maschio 2008: a motorbike tour of the Alps

GHghiro65 ·48 photographs ·4 Jul 2008 – 7 Jul 2008 ·4 days
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Where
Desenzano del Garda · Trentino, Svizzera, Lombardia
When
4 Jul 2008 – 7 Jul 2008
4 days · trip of 2008
Who
Claudio Ghirardi · @ghiro65 · Parma
How
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The story

...this year's meet-up was in Desenzano del Garda... Few but good; this year only 5 motorbikes got together. From there we headed towards the Gavia Pass..... after a brief stop at the hotel in the Precasaglio area (the Frigidolfo hotel) where we would then spend the night, we set off again towards the pass, to go and enjoy the sunset... The next morning we leave around 09.00 to return first to the Gavia Pass, then climb the Stelvio, descend and enter Switzerland... From there a myriad of passes awaited us before reaching the Julier Pass, then managing to cross the border, returning to Italy and going to sleep in Andossi, in the municipality of Madesimo (the Mai Tardi refuge)...

On Sunday morning, after the usual goodbyes, we set off again towards the Splügen Pass, but unfortunately the bad weather got the better of us, so we stopped to put on our gear and from then on, until Lake Iseo in the evening, we got soaked... Coming down from the Splügen, we headed for the Albula Pass, where we made a little restorative stop, then on to the Bernina Pass, Aprica and finally Lake Iseo, where, after taking off our clothes now soaked with sweat and humidity, we split up to head each to his own home...

The journey's photographs

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Bald man with sunglasses and blue scarf beside a riverTwo smiling men hug outside a building, one making the OK gestureFour smiling men sit on grassy riverbank in daylightMotorcyclist with helmet leaning into asphalt curve among green grassy slopesCouple waving happily from motorcycle on curvy road amid green hillsMotorcyclists stopped at Gavia Pass, Sondrio-Brescia sign, rocky snowy mountainsTwo men joking on the snow, one in yellow shirt hugging his friendMotorcyclist in yellow suit jumps on a wooden fence, alpine lake and snowy peaksFour motorcyclists laughing in front of the wooden Passo Gavia signGreen dinosaur plush toy tied with blue rope on motorcycle top caseFive friends raising red wine glasses in a trattoria with paintings on wallsFive men in white t-shirts posing in a narrow hallway, one holding a plush toyMan with glasses in a trattoria, dipping bread with mortadella into hot chocolateMan beside a wooden and stone crucifix between two motorcycles by a green alpine lakeSix motorcyclists in jackets posing on a stone wall, snowy peaks behindMotorcyclist in blue jacket beside a mountain stream among rocksThree motorcyclists joking on a dead tree trunk in an alpine valley{"it": "Gruppo di motociclisti colMimeType"} Let me correct: {"it": "Quattro motociclisti accanto alla loro moto al passo Fuorn, 2149 metri", "en": "Four motorcyclists posing by their bikes at Pass dal Fuorn, 2149 meters"}Orange and black motorcycle propped against a wall beside a wooden doorMan in yellow motorcycle jacket leans on rock touching mountain stream waterFour motorcyclists in gear beside two bikes at Picco della Mirandola pass, lake and snowFour motorcyclists on the dam walkway beside the alpine reservoirMan sitting on a rock next to the Julierpass 2284 m signFour men in white shirts by the Julierpass sign, 2284 metersMotorcyclists stopped in front of the Mai Tardi alpine refuge in the mountainsThree smiling friends posing together, mountains and clouds in the backgroundGroup of friends in white polo shirts on wooden terrace among green mountains and cloudy skyTwo men sitting on orange deck chairs outside a stone houseGroup of friends toasting with red wine glasses in wooden trattoriaMan with glasses holding fork, eating mushrooms at trattoria tableMan kisses smiling woman holding a wine bottle at a restaurant tableTwo men in white polo shirts kiss a smiling woman's cheeks at the tableMan with glasses drinking from a traditional wooden and leather flask indoorsMai Tardi hut memory: group photo, drawings and banknotes pinned on woodMotorcyclists riding on asphalt road between green meadows and mountains under white cloudsMotorcyclist in helmet and black jacket on silver Honda, luggage and plush toy, road through alpine meadowsMotorcyclist in white helmet on blue touring bike, plush toy, forest roadMotorcyclists in helmets beside parked bikes on wet asphalt among grassy mountainsBoy in helmet exits the Gasthaus Albulahospiz in front of wooden tablesSmiling man wearing goat horns on his head inside a wooden hutThree friends laughing and eating snacks inside a wooden hutSix smiling biker friends around a wooden table in an alpine mountain hutFour motorcyclists in rain suits beside the Albula pass sign at 2315m, snowFour motorcyclists in rain suits at the Ospizio Bernina entrance, stone buildingMan in wet orange rain suit removing his boot beside a yellow La Posta boxTwo motorcyclists in rain suits standing outside a shop in the rainMotorcyclist in silver helmet and orange jacket in front of a house with red shuttersMotorcyclist in silver helmet and blue jacket on wet road among houses
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