Slovenia 🇸🇮 / Italy 🇮🇹 Bikepacking Adventure Grand Escape 2024 4K

Описание: A bikepacking adventure starting in Udinese, Italy heading through Slovenia over a couple of mountain passes, beautiful countryside and back to Udinese. The route and event were created by Grand Escape. It is not a race, more a ride at your own pace event. Due to time limitations I chose to attempt to complete the 575 km and 7,500 metres of climbing in three days. For this I chose my brevet / audax setup. Not mega light but also not heavy. Carrying enough equipment to deal with a temperature range between 5 - 35 °C, but planning to sleep for a few hours in a hotel every night. Also a lighting system capable of night riding in unlit areas, emergency gear and the all important reflective vest.

If you are planning to ride this event, or ride in general in Slovenia or the North East of Italy. Or perhaps you have already ridden the event and want to reminisce, then this video could be right up your street!

Chapters:

00:00 Intro and welcome to Udinese
02:10 Start
07:50 Up to the Slovenian border
10:38 The Vršič Pass
13:18 Day 2 - Making my way through Slovenia
18:11 Day 3 - An early start
21:00 Climbing towards the Italian border
22:54 Cruise to the finish
24:22 Animated Route Map - Relive

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The tracks I used for this video are:

Kiasmos "Bound" (2024)
Lake Turner "The Sunbird" (2020)
Lake Turner "Honeycomb" (2020)
Underworld "Lewis in Pomona" (2024)
Max Cooper "Peace Exists Here" (2025)

Plus two tracks I created myself (not with AI or skill).

Base map was hand drawn. Animated route map created using https://www.relive.com/