Team Exlye Did It!  6085 Meters Altitude in one trip! 

April 6th, 2010 6085m!

On Easter Monday it was accomplished! We managed to reach an altitude of 6,085m from the Pacific to the Ojos del Salado - all by bicycle. Or better: André has done it, Frank and Markus had to give up short before the end because of their condition, so they walked the last meters without their bikes for safety reasons.

André had to complete the final meters alone and reached an altitude of 6,085m without pushing the bike or having to carry it! The biggest difficulties for us (aside from the altitude) was the sandy slopes. But we soon learnt that the passages were easier to ride in the early morning, when everything was still frozen over. With reaching the altitude of 6,085m riding by bike, we have set a new record, which lies considerably higher than the previous records. Our thanks go to the whole team, our families and friends, and to our sponsers. We will return to Germany on April 9th.

Now comes the hot part of the attempt to set a new record. The Exyle Team is already in Chile and makes last preperations. We will report in regular intervals from this enterprise.

March 30th, 2010 Basis Camp At Ojos Del Salado:

At the Ojos del Salado we constructed our base camp in the Refugio Claudio Lucero at a height of 4500m. There are no other climbers around at the Ojos. Officially the season for climbers is over anyway, but for us the refugios have still been left open. So we can reach the next highest refugios Atacama (5200 m) and Tejos (5835 m) taking the earth road, which is very sandy and at some parts precipitous. But still Beto, our service vehicle driver has managed the steep roads. We'll try to do our best to follow him on bike to the height of more than 6,000m with the chance of good weather here at the Ojos.

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