Dillstädt-Simmersberg-Werraquelle-Oelze-Kahlert-Frauenwald-St. Kilian-Suhl-Dillstädt (Teil 3)

the total distance is 130 km and has a climbing elevation of 2.6020 meters - fortunately also downhill - at least most of the time, as some descents were not a recovery at all - the last stretch to Friedberg in Suhl was normal - just right for the end of a tough tour - I counted a total of 12 steep ramps, some of them on GRASS - where there is no forward movement, any Rennsteig runner would laugh at you - but that is what makes MTB riding exciting - not just pedaling along but also really experiencing every meter because you don't know if your energy will hold out to complete the entire climb - the last meters of the ascent from Engenau to Simmersberg were also one of those grass ramps after a section of root path - another tough part was the variant to Haube - I actually wanted to go up to Neustadt in a relaxed manner, but the woodworkers had closed off the path - the detour I took nearly did me in - it wasn’t an official path and it was also filled with deep wheel ruts - the last meters then went radically straight up - the operating temperature had reached its upper limit - so the hardness factor is 20 (2.600 : 130) - so I can consider today's tour a success!