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This story is about making a jump.
There is more to See, more to Hear, more to Engage with. The world is full of beauty, diversity, and ways of living that challenge my preconceptions.
This is why I'm doing it - The making of a revolutionary.
Inspired by Che Guevara's 1952 journey, here we go fulfilling the ride of a lifetime across a continent.
We follow the Andes mountain chain from the depths of Patagonia in the south to the Caribbean tip of South America in the north.
From a crisp, autumnal Chile Chico near the Argentinian border, to a sweltering sandy beach in Cartagena, Colombia. With Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador in between.
A journey of some 10,000km, endless history, hundreds of mountain passes and a whole ton of joy.
I post twice a week on Monday and Thursday.
If you fancy a bit of wanderlust, latin history or simply a bikepacking example that can be followed, please subscribe.
Find Chapter 1 Baptism of Gravel below. It gives light to that irrepressible feeling of awe that wild Patagonia inspires.
Each DÃa in Chapter 2 Live forever in your dreams explained a new motivation for launching this journey; sustainability, literature, endurance feats, mates’ achievements, our useless government, a food manifesto, a love for history and the fact that I am part fool.
Chapter 3 Fjordlands is all wrapped up. Chapter 4 Dale dale Argentina is here. Chapter 5 tackled an enduro week to remember towards Santiago and Chapter 6, Bipedal Therapy, starts on the other side of the Andes as we ride north through Argentina once more.
I have guest writers often. Here's Zael Ligertwood writing about her 4 European bikepacking trips in the last 12 months. And Jack McKeever reminiscing about the moment he stopped riding and started floating.
The most talked about post so far was written by my mum. Its called Back to life, back to reality, and it charts her recovery from depression whilst bikepacking through France.
