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Lance Armstrong, Tour Du Pont winner, best-selling author, cancer survivor:

"Arizona? Too hot. Colorado? Too high altitude. Then I said "Remember Boone? That little town in North Carolina?" Boone was high in the Appalachians on the route of the old Tour Du Pont, and I had fond memories of it.

I had won the Tour Du Pont twice there, and I had spent many afternoons cycling and suffering on its biggest peak, Beech Mountain, which was the crucial climbing stage of the race. It was arduous but beautiful country..."

Excerpt from "Considering Places for an Intensive Training Camp" from It's Not About the Bike...My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins