Upload Suunto data directly to Strava (without using Movescount)

Update: Please see the Suunto GPS Backup Utility for a slightly easier method.

While I love the Ambit2, the companion analysis and tracking website -- Movescount -- leaves much to be desired. Here is a list of outages for this year alone:

6/17/2014
6/18/2014
8/8/2014
8/28/2014
12/22/2014
12/23/2014
12/24/2014

Given the track record of website instability, could there really be -no- way to get data from the device without Movescount? Fortunately I stumbled across ambit2gpx, an open source utility that converts Suunto SML format to a common GPX format. What this means is that the data can be imported into Strava or other analysis software without first going through Movescount.

You'll need:
* Some level of computer literacy
* Python 2.7
* ambit2gpx

Note: These instructions apply to Windows 7, however the concept is applicable to Mac as well

1) Download and install Python 2.7:
https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.7/

2) Download ambit2gpx - move to folder identified on step 4 for ease of use.

3) Allow Moveslink to download data from the Suunto device (and fail to sync)

4) Browse to the application data folder:
On windows 7:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Suunto\Moveslink2

5) Convert SML to GPX (prior nerd experience required):
a) Open command prompt, browse to the folder above
CD c:\users\killian.jornet\AppData\Roaming\Suunto\MovesLink2
b) Run ambit2gps on sml file to be converted
c:\python27\python ambit2gpx-1.7.py 25AD0A510C000E00-2014-12-21T14_03_37-0.sml

Parsing file 25AD0A510C000E00-2014-12-21T14_03_37-0.sml
Done.
Creating file 25AD0A510C000E00-2014-12-21T14_03_37-0.gpx
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Done.

5) The GPX file will be created in the Suunto Moveslink2 data folder above. This can then be uploaded to Strava or elsewhere.

Update: Here is the data as it appears on Strava. In this case I was using multi-sport mode, but all of the GPS waypoints came though:
http://www.strava.com/activities/231993015