Some roads are legendary amongst long-distance cyclists: Asia’s Pamir Highway, the Carreterra Austral in South America, Sani Pass in Southern Africa and–straddling the border between Alaska and the Canadian Yukon–The Top of the World Highway. Sure, we were excited to
A Fresh Start
Finally we’d managed to stuff, squeeze and squash all our bulky, Alaska-proof, cold-weather gear into four panniers and a dry sack each. Our bikes were heavier than ever. 40+ kilos of gear weighing down each bicycle, we reckoned. One last
Northward Bound: Ready, Set, Go!
Monday July 11th, 8AM from Missoula’s own Adventure Cycling, we set off for Alaska. Yippee! Since the big Bolivia theft, it’s been a long hard struggle to get back on the road. After taking the painful decision to leave South
A $6,000 mistake: post-theft thoughts on moving on
60 seconds or so. That’s all it took for a bold bicycle thief to bound away on Eric’s fully-loaded KOGA. Those careless 60 seconds in Bolivia will probably turn out to be the most costly moments of my life. Because