Etape 2023 was pure cruelty. Dangerous levels of heat, my garmin recorded 3h above 40C. I was already dying at the top of Ramaz, never going to forget the galleries. Fucking awful. Saw a lot of unsavoury scenes (true of every etape tho?)
Agreed, I had to walk on Ramaz too alongside Joux de Plane. I have never had such bad cramps in my life before. Think there was 6,000 out of 15,000 who failed to finish. I finished but it took 11 hours, and i've never struggled like I did that day and I did not enjoy it.
Etape 2023 was pure cruelty. Dangerous levels of heat, my garmin recorded 3h above 40C. I was already dying at the top of Ramaz, never going to forget the galleries. Fucking awful. Saw a lot of unsavoury scenes (true of every etape tho?)