Congrats, David.

Here's a timely exerpt for us mortals:

http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/93750/an-exclusive-excerpt-from-the-new-book--graham-watson-s

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> That is an awesome achievement David!
> That is one of the toughest, if not the toughest climb in France... see profile here
> - avg gradient of 7.1, max of 11 (read the various stories jst under the graph and you can see how daunting this climb
> really is..) - from km 7 to the top is very, very challenging - 22 km of climbing..
> - did you find it to be the hardest climb of your life?
> Congratulations!
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> That would be one heck of a descent...
> Was it harder than the climb up?
> Where there lots of switchbacks?
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> Has anyone else climbed Ventoux?
> Anyone planning on climbing it this year?
> Maybe you can ask David some questions and get some feedback for your trip... or let him know what you thought of the
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> - What tour group did you go with, or are you on your own?
> - Keep us posted, we are more than glad to live vicariously through others ventures to Europe for cycling
> - any other massive climbs planned?
> - the Oakville jersey looks good on you!
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> cheers and safe riding! :)
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> Rob
> Narejko
> OCC President 2009
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> From: davidsharris@sympatico.ca
> To: occ_rob@sympatico.ca
> Subject: Mont Ventoux
> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:45:31 -0400
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> Hi Rob - I did the Mont Ventoux climb yesterday and here's the proof attached- it was a 23 km climb to 1910m in the
> middle of a 107km ride. Perhaps you would like to send this to the group and ask if anyone else has done it this year
> - we could compare notes.
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