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🚲 Pedaling Through the Storm: A Mental and Physical Journey Up Alto de Patios
Thursday 3rd Apr
Sometimes, all it takes is two wheels and a steep climb to recharge your soul. That’s what I found once again during Bogotá’s Car-Free Day on February 6th. It became the perfect excuse to challenge my mind and body — and to rediscover the power that lives in every turn of the pedals.
For me, the bicycle is more than just a machine — it’s a source of energy, a teacher of resilience. With it, I’ve learned to face every fall with determination, to rise again, and to keep moving toward the goal.
This time, the goal was bold: 24 repetitions of the legendary Alto de Patios, starting at 1:00 AM on February 6, and wrapping up around 4:20 AM the next day — nearly 25 hours of relentless climbing. No editing, no filters — just raw effort and community spirit.
As always, the journey had its tough moments: muscle pain, logistical hiccups, total exhaustion... At one point, I even dozed off while climbing — check minute 2:28 in the video at my instagram. 😴🛌🏻
But I wasn’t alone. From the early hours, @ariasnicoo set a great pace and even had breakfast with me. @saulsantanapaez noticed I needed electrolytes and brought me soup. Then came @maiicol_arenas and Daniel from @ciclismo_ud, passing the baton seamlessly to the BEER CREW 🍻: @miguel.fuicioso, @emayorgag, and @lauramedina868 — who saved me from the infamous bonk right around 2:00 PM.
As the rain came down, @maicol7891 took over with total mastery of the terrain. Later in the day, more friends from La UD 🟡🔴 like Alexis showed up, fueling my motivation to keep pushing forward.
Then came the night... and with it, the doubts. Time was slipping, the weather turned harsh — cold winds, relentless rain — and I realized that chasing 8,848 meters of elevation was no longer possible. The only option was 10,000 meters or nothing. No halfway point.
It was in those dark, exhausting hours — the Death Zone — that my true heroes appeared: @sebastiandb01, @diego.arizmendic, and the radiant @caminalu from UDistrital, who demonstrated absolute mental power and pushed me through the hardest part of the challenge. Seven final climbs, with extra meters to complete the symbolic EVEREST + stretch.
My bike? A beast. @devilsworkshop.t built it perfectly for this madness. 👹🤘
I tried editing a proper video, I swear. Three times. But between study, training, and life, I figured this raw memory is just as valuable.
Let it live here as a reminder: when the legs fail, the heart takes over — and with the right people by your side, there's no mountain you can’t climb.
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