| Catherine Gasser: Generous and outgoing like few people I know. Head
of Human Resources of a manufacturing enterprise. Catherine and François
are very special friends of the Pestalozzi brothers and often join us in
our trips to "Monte Maria", where they contribute a great deal to keep
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| François Gasser: Former cowboy (a real one, like in the movies)
and truck driver. Can fix anything and creates the most incredible things
together with Enrico, like the famous furnace behind the house. Director
of that same manufacturing plant. Together with Catherine he's raised 3
daughters.
Bike: a full suspension Kästle alu-bike |
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| Yvette Berney, alias Mami: Cathérine's mom and mother in law
of François as well as Enrico. She acted as a co-pilot to Cathérine
and patiently stayed with us during the whole 3 days. In Alpe Devero she
watched our bikes while we had pasta in the restaurant. And her reserves
of fennel tea saved Enrico during his horror night in Binn... |
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| Cristoforo. Professional cello player at the "Deutsche Oper" in Berlin.Youngest
of the four Pestalozzi brothers. Responsible for the the "Berlin
Connection" and road racing front, which added many telephone calls to
his montly bill....
Bike: Old 12 speed road bike and rental mountain bike for trail part. |
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 Enrico,
twin brother of Lorenzo (here seen in is self-protrait). Owner of a graphics
arts studio in Vauderens, starting point of this tour. Bike: 6 year old
aluminium SBIKE with Deore LX and Manitou fork |
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| Lorenzo, Lic. oec. publ. and the only one with
a public past in sports: He made it into the newspapers a couple of times
in the seventies when his hobby was crouss country running.
Bike: Kästle 851 with Marzocchi Zokes forks |
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| Gottardo: Oldest of the four brothers. Used to be the black sheep of
the family. Had a try at hippie life in the late seventies and traveled
about 10'000 miles by
thumb. With the help of God and parents somhow managed to learn a profession
and make a living. Currently IT-specialist (whatever that means...), with
emphasis on Lotus Notes.
Bike: '97 GT Karakoram with Rock Shox Indy SL |
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| Mike Huzsla. First Solo Cello in the Deutsche Oper. Participated in
the Naret Pass tour last year and joined us last minute, when we had already
though he would not come. |
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| Georg Roither. Also cellist in the Deutsche Oper. Road biker. Two years
ago he spent his honey moon riding his bike while his wife drove the car...
Fortunately for the other riders he's a heavy smoker, which keeps him from
getting completely off the ground. Still, he was the fastes of us all.
Here's his personal decription of himself:
Herkunft: Saupreussen, viertes von fünf Gör'n. Glücklich
verheiratet, ein Bengel, zweites im Anmarsch. Beruf: Musikalischer Akkordarbeiter.
Radler seit weiss nich mehr. Lieblingsbeschäftigung: Rad aufs Auto
schnallen. Was ich gar nicht mag: Kaputte Tachos. Meine private Empfehlung
für die Tour: Bloss nicht nachmachen!
Bike: Kestrel carbon road bike |
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