AN ORDINARY MTB RIDE IN THE ALPS..
TMB / VTT 19th - 21st September 2018 3 days-stages / 182km / Elevation gain 6943mt / Calories burned 9650 / No mechanicals / No crashes / Total awe When I decided to move to Chamonix permanently in December ‘17, I set myself a few “things to do” goals. The TMB was one of them. After reading and researching about the TMB I felt compelled to do it simply because of the adventurous nature of the trip. The TMB is a very famous hiking trail that follow a specific and almost fixed route. It officially starts from Les Houches, going counter clockwise over to Les Contamines, then over to Italy into Val Veny - Courmayeur - Val Ferret and into Switzerland to continue towards Trient, back into France at Col de Balme and then Chamonix. In the last few years it has gained popularity amongst the Mtb community too and this kind of mtbiking is what interests me. I am not really into BikePark - lift assisted kind of mtbiking. To me real mtbiking is about exploring new places, ridin