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That'll be the Pyrenees then. Not sure that'd be my first, second or third choice of bike but fair play...
47x17 is high. Hoping for a tailwind?
A low-gear freewheel is ok in mountains but it'll be too low to be much use on the flat. Dinglespeed is what you want for minimalism + mountains.