half paramo and half volcanic mountain side - it was time to ride towards the Nevado del Ruiz!
Read moreNavigation Year 3: Alpinequest, Garmin, etc.
Overview of navigation at the end of year 3. Alpine Quest, Garmin Etrex20, OSM, Googlemaps, Paper and plain old asking people where to go
Read moreTo The Tatacoa Desert
Riding through the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental to the Tatacoa Desert
Read moreThe Paramo in Winter
Looking for bears, trails, sunshine and dry feet in the paramo in winter.
Read moreCordillera Oriental
Back to the mountains and done with the heat! The only problem - rain season is starting
Read moreColombia: The Eastern Plains
Running far and running free in the plains of Colombia. Eating like a trucker, napping like a dog and rolling like a moto!
Read moreColombia: The Paramo, the plains and the mystery of the pink dolphins
The continuation of Colombia, by invitation of a friend in a completely opposite direction of where I want to go. Why not! Searching for the beauty in the Paramo, the dust in the plains and the mysterious pink dolphins in the rivers.
Read moreColombia: Los Nevados
One last ride for Deadhorse up to Los Nevados.
Read moreSpain: Transandalus
Riding a little bit of the Transandalus mountain bike route in Spain en route back to Colombia
Read moreMorocco: The High Atlas
A missed connecting flight in Spain and looking for the silver lining in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
Read moreThe Great Escape from Oman
The good news is the bike was there and the bad: I was in Khasab and my raft was waiting at Dibba, the only road had a military checkpoint not allowing foreigners to pass. How could I get over the Musandam Peninsula again without taking a ferry?
Read moreOman: The Musandam Peninsula
Where to go from Dubai? Paddling around the Musandam peninsula on a rubber boat, avoiding military bases, 6 times stopped by the coast guard, sleeping in sheikh's house in Kumzar and in the old cliff dwellings amongst the khors.
Read moreDubai
from the fresh mountains of Colombia to the urban wilderness of Dubai. A short visit to the Emirates for the Dubai travel festival and a little break from the trip south to Argentina.
Read moreColombia: Dirt Road Warriors
riding through the colombian mountains in search of the dirt road warriors!
Read moreColombia: Tierra Caliente
Meandering through the Colombian lowlands in hopes of reaching the mountains. Cows, coffee and busted rear hubs.
Read moreYear 2, Bikes Review, and Bags too
Year 2 review of the bike, bags and tires
Read morePackrafting The Darien Gap
After 2 years it's finally time to leave North America and what better way than to cross the Darien Gap along the Caribbean coast. Through the San Blas and the Guna Yala territory to Colombia!
Read morePanama, getting to Carti
The last bit of Panama before paddling The Darien Gap. Few days of pavement, heat and humidity on the Panamerican Highway
Read morePaddling The Mackenzie and "riding" The Dempster
Packrafting 600km of The Mackenzie river and riding down The Dempster Highway.
Read moreThe Canol Heritage Trail (NWT)
Bikepacking one of Canada's toughest trails - the 400 kilometers of 70 year old road (or no road) over the Mackenizie Mountains from the Yukon border to Norman Wells.
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