Just look at them there in front of you: 24 bends that seem to challenge you to press on, to overcome their difficulties and to enjoy all the excitement of an adventure.
You’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time and when at last you see the sign announcing "San Gottardo - 2,091 m" on the pass itself, you stop to take a snapshot for your collection and you feel a truly great emotion within you.
You’ve got your gloves, your jacket is zipped up and the sky promises good weather: the few drops of rain that fell while you were climbing up to the hospice-refuge on the pass should remain where they are, on the other side of the Alps. To the south, the sun is shining.
