Duncannon PA to Gettysburg PA 81km 1166m vertical climb
We set off at around 9:15 and decided to use the Google
route description to take a country route rather than use the main roads
through Harrisburg. The first few kilometres were easy enough to follow, but
suddenly we arrived at a junction where the instructions said turn right on 305
but route 305 went straight on and 307 went right!!! We decided to go straight
on to stay on 305 and had to tackle a tough climb through a forest until we hit
a road that was not mentioned on our instructions (nor was it on our state map)
so we knew we were lost. Well, Florida is south so that is the direction we
took and, as luck would have it, we picked up the route as described a few
kilometres later. The only problem we still had was that the terrain was
crippling us. The climb rate was higher than any previous stages on this or any
other tour.
We arrived in Carlisle about midday and were glad to be able
to stop for lunch. The next section was a little easier until the road forked
and we took the 94 to York Springs. It just got steeper and every time we
topped a rise we could see a series of hills that looked just as bad. Forever
optimistic, we pushed on hoping that every hill would be the last until we
turned onto the Old Harrisburg Rd to Gettysburg where it did get a lot easier
but still far from flat.
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