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A mountain bike trip in the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan, beautiful and challenging, in keeping with the harshness of this end of the world.

I borowed a friends gravel bike and took the opportunity to get away for a few days and savour a different kind of bike travel.

From Trieste to Menton, the full traverse of the Alpine Arc involves riding some 2150 kilometres, ascending around sixty mountain passes and over 54000 metres of climbing.

It's a long, long way away... but it should definitely be on every mountain biker's list of places to visit.

With it's air of the Asian steppe, the Aubrac Plateau is a perfect destination for a cycling getaway.