I wanted to quit!! 45KM CLIMB to Peak of Gran Canaria // Pico de las Nieves

[@lenwilkinson8541]

Just an observation that your cheerfulness makes all of us better people.

[@rudiberden1088]

Since you came to Los Angeles, it has been raining almost non stop. It has solved our drought problem, so thank you for that. But, it also has meant that I 've barely been able to go on rides outside , which for LA is very unusual. We typically get 10 rainy days for the whole year and beg to have rain. This year I was finally able to say that I was getting really tired if all the rain. Enjoy the sunshine while you can.

[@eviehawke]

what a VIEW! what a life. 😊 thanks for taking us along (15cm of snow is expected tomorrow, here. ugh)!

[@KatieKookaburra]

15cm???? Where are you????

[@charlienunez5472]

You are My inspiration at 65, continue to pedal and feel stronger every day. God bless you katie.

[@nigeCotic-Twin6Stemp]

...that woz quite simply MAJESTIC to watch Katie..Thank You!😍🤩🥳

[@kezzert21]

We’ll done, KK! Knew you wouldn’t give in! 🎉🎉

[@trekmadone1048]

NEVER be sorry KATIE everybody has one of those DAYS. What matters is that you finished !!! TE QUIERO!!!. LOVE YOU!!! WHOOP WHOOP !!!!. FROM TX USA

[@Keepinitreal61]

Don't you wish this never ends? Love your life. Meaning I do. ❤

[@sekc-chua]

Love your rides, Katie Kookaburra! Trick to getting out of the pool or onto boats. Don't pull. Strong kick or kicks to push yourself as much out of the water, then support with your arms. Then lift one leg and the other. It's easier than it sounds. It's all about technique. 😉🙂

[@DaveNoakes]

Well done! Such an lovely place to ride, enjoy the rest of your trip.

[@darrenchubb6926]

Hi Katie good views it was worth it see for miles you never give up lm in 23mm tyres you deserve a swim take care

[@El_Ultimo_Kilometro]

I only have words of gratitude, it is not my island but I am proud that you have visited us and I hope you had a great time

[@KatieKookaburra]

THANK YOU!! I really do love it here!! :)

[@KatieKookaburra]

gracias me encanta estar aquí (yo tambien aprendo espanol)

[@davidirish2941]

Well done Katie 👍🇨🇦

[@alexmorgan3435]

Every one climbs Pico de las Nieves from the south from the coast as a day ride, mostly racing types. However it's nice to do a bit of touring and sleep out under the stars in the middle of nowhere. St.Bartholme or Tunte is a beautiful small town for a short break. Don't go to GC if you don't like hills and mountains. There are many brutal climbs but the scenery is stunning. The hiking is great as well.

[@bettyourcampervan]

You are proper fit Katie! Climbing, filming n talking, i dont know how you do it 🤣🤣 you are just awesome ❤

[@KatieKookaburra]

Just remember all the parts where I don’t film haha 🥵🥵

[@bettyourcampervan]

@@KatieKookaburra 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 xx

[@ianlloyd1182]

After that ride you did deserve a long cool soak in the pool, goodonya x 100 for not giving up when your legs were complaining, the views were worth the ride then. Impressive ride. Fancy having an Aussie gum tree there, these Aussies get everywhere you know🙂👍

[@rabh6746]

Big climbs are certainly more enjoyable when you get a view like that and then you have an awesome descent to look foward to, thats why I love Scotland so much😁 That pool looked amazing at the end, not jealous😂

[@krmeriluoto]

I did the exact climb one week ago, the views are amazing. Keep up the good work!

[@terjemyller6573]

Been 4 long years since my last visit to GC, so it almost hurts to watch. Btw yeah heat is tough, but so the cold. Pico de las Nieves means Snow Peak, and I’ve had the rather unpleasant experience of descending from there in snowy conditions in summer clothing. But, come heat or cold, GC is fantastic!

[@MatthiasSpohr-x3r]

So jealous, did pico solo as loop from mogan in May, climbed serenity in blazing sunshine so so beautiful, stopped for quick coffee in ayacata before turning uphill to climb properly this is where the wind started followed by fog by the time I got to the peak it was absolutely honking down and could barely keep the bike straight, the old guy in the coffee van that's in your video let me sit in as my first coffee blew out the cup!!! Couldn't see a bloody thing, headed back down and hit the sun again from San bartolome? (Think that's right) bloody lovely ride though, also just watched your moonrakers and sunseekers film, did that last month -7⁰ froze both my bidons didn't go above freezing till we got to the services 😮 it was a very flat though, head a bit further south west if you want some climbing, I'm doing a SR audax in June 600km 13500 m of climbing Have a lovely Christmas 🎄

[@michellesgoldberg]

Wow, beautiful! I can't even imagine a 45km climb. Here in Southern CA, most are a few miles.

[@Millomite]

I drove to that point in a buggy from Puerto Rico and that took long enough! Kudos for that on the bike!!

[@KatieKookaburra]

Thank yoooooou!!! How was the buggy ride???

[@Millomite]

@@KatieKookaburra it was cool! Lots of little stops on the way and got to see some really nice scenery in a less strenuous way than you 😀 it looked awesome for cycling but I’d only started cycling 6 months before I was there so decided against it. Three years later and I’m attempting a sub 7 Fred Whitton in 6 weeks time 😬 narrowly missed it last year due to cramp on Hardknott

[@GrenvilleMelonseedSkiff496]

How could you not ride to the top of the island ... them vistas are just spectacular. Brava Katie!

[@KatieKookaburra]

Exactly!! x

[@csereklyegabor]

Well done 🙌

[@tomjm8047]

Looking seriously fit Katie, your killing those hills now!🤗🙌

[@KatieKookaburra]

Thank yoooooou Tom :)

[@edwin_slager]

Awesome Katie ❤

[@christianrodriguez3531]

Do the Pasadilla climb some day, las time I looked Pinot had the KOM, double digit slopes all the way to the top ,you'll have to get out of the touristy side of the island for a while though!

[@Didyoureallythinkaboutit]

When you pine for the top remember dear Katie, you’re already there!

[@KatieKookaburra]

🥰🥰🥰 thank you that is very sweet xx

[@andyblades8946]

Like I said on Strava, you’re dead to me now 🤣 Seriously though, make the most of it. Wet and windy, with chance of below freezing back here in Yorkshire over the weekend. Oh, and bring me some rock 🤣

[@lyndonthomas8391]

Well done brilliant ride xx

[@chunnilaljain9894]

You are an inspiration

[@CanyonWanderer]

Did you just mention the Perhentian Islands? Loved that, I ended up there more or less by accident when backpacking through Malaysia and just stayed there for most of the vacation, got my PADI diving certificate there, great diving. Pulau Perhentian Kecil (the small Island), what a place!

[@KatieKookaburra]

Yassssss I was there!!! Did my PADI cert there too and it was still to this day one of the best experiences of my life diving there daily!!! Stunning place!!

[@CanyonWanderer]

@@KatieKookaburra Wow, what a coincidence!, well even if it is like 25 years ago for me (🤯) , going for a daily dive there was a life changing experience

[@ericclaire-helenerfletcher9433]

beautiful scenery , that climb would be fine for myself , my way of seeing other places is through the cycling app Rouvy , with winter i am usually on my elite trainer ,summer months outside , i enjoy climbs as that is what i like doing , really enjoy the views you show of the areas that you are visiting while cycling .

[@bobtavener4824]

Absolutely awesome, as always. Don't know how you manage it but glad you do so we can 'experience' it. Your video has confirmed to me that GC is not a place for me to cycle as I'm one of your 'disliked' flatties and, at my age, I doubt I could make it up the climbs but still get a great deal of pleasure seeing and hearing all about it vis your efforts. Thank you. PS does the chemicals in the pool not affect the chammy on your bibs? 🥰

[@pauljones5066]

whats it like compared to Holme Moss? I can just about do that 🙂

[@A-betterMe]

nice one, wonderful views.... uk? it's been sunny today :)

[@Rob7911]

Could you link to your garmin mount you also use with the go pro? Love your videos!!❤

[@pauljones5066]

its the ride we all want to do! , although you are a lot fitter than I am Nieves = snow , same derivate as Sierra Nevada

[@jimpeyton1459]

Serious work KK

[@notaclue7227]

Can Free Motion drop me at the top and i'll cycle down. 🤣🤣. Looks like you are having a great time, lovely pool. Steve

[@KatieKookaburra]

Hahaha now that is an idea for Free Motion to offer haha

[@andygoldensixties4201]

I truly appreciate your courage, bravery, resilience, stubborness (even when it's mixed with some genuine insanity), but for me the greatest admiration goes to those who say "Ok, it was not possible for me now, let's do a better preparation for this or let's go for another one." And I do appreciate the way you share with us all the hard moment you go through, but spare your breath, sometimes a silent cyclist's face says more than a panting cyclist's one

[@KatieKookaburra]

I appreciate that, and there are plenty of times and videos of when I have had to call it! That day was not one of them though and was SO worth it! :)

[@kffranek]

Hi! Can U tell me what road is it in 10:05?

[@tomgruitt6563]

45KM sounds pretty good!

[@pegleg1968]

❤❤👍👍💪🚴‍♂amazing.

[@thebikepackingadventurer]

I think this is the only climb that nearly made my climbing specialist mate sell his bike 😂. 40 degrees and brutally long

[@JenSimantz-yd6cp]

Congrats!! What kind of glasses do you wear/recommend?

[@KatieKookaburra]

Try and go for what fits you best. I do love Oakleys and anything photochromic :)

[@shoshaka]

Hey Katie, I was wondering if you could point me to what GPS you are using? I'm planning in the future to go for a 400 km ride and I'm looking for good preparation tips.

[@KatieKookaburra]

I have the Garmin 1040 Edge Solar! :) Battery is INSANELY good on this! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ-5mpeoZbtngZI

[@kevinlyon9501]

So can we officially call Gran Canaria the land of up as clearly there's no flat riding😂.Well done getting up it on tired legs.👏❤

[@malcontent_1]

Ahhh, I miss the smell of eucalyptus trees -- they surrounded & were a prominent feature of my high school in the SF Bay Area

[@martinstenning203]

You've got to walk up to roque nublo, but not in cycling shoes😂

[@matt46vale]

Didn’t ride but I’ve just came back from Madeira. Very hilly island. 21k to the summit with 1700meters elevation gain. After checking on Strava. Another good place if you like hills. Roads aren’t the greatest. Depending where you are.

[@KatieKookaburra]

How was the weather? My friend Phil was there on the MTB a few months back and said it was HILLLLLLLLY!!!!

[@matt46vale]

@@KatieKookaburra boiling hot by the coast. A little chilly up top. I rode round on a scooter and I was freezing early hours. If you’re on the go, it’s warm. Just very windy ! Small island but feels larger when your lost 😅

[@nodbag6301]

Lovely

[@JFomo]

What bikes is everyone riding there? I suck at climbing 😢

[@akuababez]

real ones will remember 5k climbs taking 2 hours,, well done katie!!

[@KatieKookaburra]

You remembered!!! My first Norton Summit… 5km… two hours. TWO HOURS!! Effort is always the same though just now I’m a bit faster :)

[@meneersjonnie]

Pffffff How Fresh you look after those killing climbs…

[@KatieKookaburra]

Haha thanks!! Have a look at me after a long Audax… different story 😂🥵🙈

[@JK-wl5bx]

Is that climb pro found on iq katie ?

[@KatieKookaburra]

No no it’s already on the devices just think you have to enable it :) it’s seriously the best thing in my opinion Garmin has ever done!!!!

[@JK-wl5bx]

@Katie Kookaburra high praise indeed will check it out thank you.

[@zzhughesd]

Gran Can is the canary I love. Cannot do Tenerife any more. And free motion were great. I don’t take own bike any more. Sounds like a review. Lol.

[@glennoc8585]

Bloody gum tree! Bike hire is a nice option if people are travelling long haul. T hat view and descent you'd just want to go slow to make it last.

[@smellyelle8422]

...sorry, not sorry 😂😂

[@paracite187]

Why are you doing this to yourself? I mean, hey, you've really achieved a lot in the last few years. You have shown your body and mind what you are capable of. What more do you want? Or is it about making a checkmark on a map?

[@KatieKookaburra]

Haha I think I underestimated how much this climbing takes it out of your legs. Who wouldn’t want to ride to the top of an island??!

[@paracite187]

@@KatieKookaburra On the islands I've been to, you have to swing from branch to branch over canyons to get to the top. But even that is not as difficult as cycling this route.Greetings to your legs! :D

[@timcollins340]

You are not sorry at all! Ah well, back to Zwift…

[@marky_onabike]

I have used freemotion loads they are ace