This is a response video to a video by my friend Claudio from @RemainGratefulCovers who recently took the same route as I did quite a number of years ago.

The Simplen pass connects the town of Brig in Switzerland with the Italian city of Domodossola. It culminates at a little bit over 2000 m altitude. The road is built in a way that the pass can be kept open all through the year - even in the winter when most passes on that altitude are closed. It has been an important route for a few centuries.

I rode over this pass in 2012 on my bicycle. The images you see were filmed with an early Go-Pro Camera that was fixed to the handle bar of my bike.

I rode up to the top of the pass on one day - after having ridden already quite a number of kilometers. The climb is about 20 kms long and quite hard because of the its length but also because of a lot of traffic.

I arrived quite late at the top where I stayed for the night at the hospice. For sports this is also good because your body gets used the the altitude and is then capable of better performance.

The best part was the descent the next day - over 40 kilometers down the hill. This part is also more fun to watch. I let you enjoy the ride.

The music by the way is by a band I was playing with at the time called the Phazy Luckers. The band no longer exists but you still can listen to our music on Spotify: [ Ссылка ]

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