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I didn't want to divert the thread with stories of my fear on that descent, but as you ask, yes I fucking did notice it - it was terrifying! In fact I still have nightmares about it.
Not helped by being a bit tired, it was my fourth climb / descent of the day and my hands were really sore from the braking, so much so that I had to stop a couple of times as it was too painful. I was trying to get down quickly as night was falling and I had a hotel at the bottom which I was meant to get to by 10pm. But the combination of fucked hands, road surface breaking up and certain death if I made a mistake, meant I took it pretty slow!
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It is. It’s a lot longer and noticeably steeper.
The descent of the southern side is hair-raising with a sheer drop of a few thousand feet on the right. I guess you wouldn’t have noticed that in the dark though!