My second attempt at the Gibralter Climb, an epic road ride out of Santa Barbara.
First attempt in 2009 crushed on-route with a mechanical.
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| bike path along the coast |
Took a look at the map and decided to ride coastal east for some mileage, then head inland to make my way up E Mountain Dr to get to the epic climb up Gibralter Rd.
Heading inland towards E Mountain Dr, I was wowed by the height of the Eucalyptus trees... at least twice as high as the power lines
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| E Mountain Dr is an epic ride itself |
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| Statue in front of a house on-route |
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| The climb up Gibralter goes on and on |
Upon reaching the peak of the mountain, the road followed a ridge-line and could see to the south down to Santa Barbara, and to the north the Los Padres mountains.
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| Los Padres mountains to the north |
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| Santa Barbara & ocean views to the south. Cool bird! |
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| Took the Euro type road called Painted Caves down to the coast. Pretty epic road and on the must-do list to climb back up |
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It was calm while I was up on the mountain.
Once I was close to shore, I was surprised to see huge whitecaps on the water and palm trees blowing.
Yay, it was a strong tailwind back to the start |
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My footprints to the water with the view
of the mountain ridge I was just on |
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