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I have relatives in Australia. They're as much use for route planning as most locals who only drive places.
"Oh, yeah that's flat, it's only about a 20min ride"
Cue: 4hr climb over a fucking mountain.The race is unsupported - sharing route tips was actively encouraged by the organisers before the last race. They want to keep it safe so were requesting border crossing info and/or dangerous roads be highlighted etc.
Depending on what they mean by High Tatras, that could be quite close to my partner's parent's place. Time to grab a bottle of vodka and head over again :)
hippy-
Haha, yeah, I've had similar discussions with pals who don't realise what it means to be climbing 6% for an hour. In their heads its just 'we just whizzed up on that in the car'
I have heard that staying in the High Tatras at night is also verboten because its full of bears and wolves n shit.
As for route sharing, fair enough. Hopefully there'll be less fuss with border crossings this year but who knows?
gillies
hah - the only advantage I have is that I have relatives near CP1, who might be able to help me out with route planning for that area. None of 'em owns a bike, though so maybe not.
Other than that, I wouldn't be looking to me for route tips (isn't that verboten in race rules anyway)
Wife-to-be has agreed trip to see them (ie, for a route recce) in spring next year though...