RIP Jobst Brandt

Δεν γνωριζω αν υπαρχουν καπου συγκεντρωμενες οι φωτογραφιες του, οι οποιες απ'οτι λεγεται πρεπει να αριθμουν πανω απο 10.000 διαφανειες.
Στο παρακατω link ομως, θα βρεις τις ταξιδιωτικες του εντυπωσεις απο τα ετησια ταξιδια του στις Αλπεις.
Με το πρωτο να ερχεται απο το 1959:
"..."I had asked Mr Cinelli what the greatest road in the Alps was, to which he replied without hesitation, the Stelvio, but that I might not like it because it was unpaved. That especially caught my interest so here I was heading up the Valtellina at Tirano where the road to the foot of this great pass starts its climb...":
http://www.trentobike.org/Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tour_of_the_Alps...

http://www.trentobike.org/Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tour_of_the_Alps/

ghandee wrote:

Σημερα το πρωι επεσα πανω στο αρθρο.
Πραγματικα εντυπωσιακος!!!
Υπαρχει καποιο link με φωτογραφιες που εχει τραβηξει;

...απο ενα ποδηλατικο μαγαζι στο Palo Alto, που επισκεπτοταν ο Brandt:
http://paloaltobicycles.com/gallery/jobst-virtual-tour-of-the-alps/

...πολυ χαρακτηριστικο αποσπασμα απο την περιγραφη της πρωτης του επισκεψης στις Αλπεις το '59, που διατηρει ολο το αρωμα απο τις συνθηκες της εποχης.
Δεκατεσσερα χρονια μετα το τελος του Β' παγκοσμιου πολεμου, και δεκα μετα το τελος του εμφυλιου στην Ελλαδα:

"... The Furka pass was a narrow unpaved but smooth and firm road and was easy in comparison, but then having eaten probably made the difference as did the fruit I bought at a stand in Gletsch where things were otherwise still pretty quiet in the shadow of the mountain. The Rhone glacier was a lot shorter than I had remembered it but the river seemed to flow as fast as ever with its greenish glacier milk pouring from the bottom of the wall of ice. I posed in front of the glacier for a photo with a volunteer cameraman using my cameras. Above, I rode past the closed Belvedere hotel that had seen its last guests in 1939, and on over the broad summit with all its old auto repair garages for the breakdowns that were routine in the 1930's.

On the descent to Realp I completed a couple of high speed sections and came out of a hairpin turn when the front tire blew with a resounding report. The rim was so hot that I burned my finger as I pulled the wheel out. The rim glue was as soft as honey as I pulled the tire from the rim, holding the wheel by the spokes. On a new tire, I rode down to Realp where the road was again paved and on to Hospental where I headed up the broad new concrete Gotthard highway that had recently been completed from Goeschenen to the summit. This part of the road has no special scenic attractions but to make up for that, the south side is still old paving stones in the Val Tremola with many hairpin turns and a grand view into Ticino to the south.

On the way down the hairpins I blew out my new tire as it piled up against the valve. I put on another tire and being annoyed at the frailty of my tires, something no one had mentioned, I rode down the valley taking no pictures and thinking about what I would do about this state of affairs..."