Here are some awesome people doing some awesome things!

sometime in the 90s in the cold canadian north - photo by Bart

How I got the idea in the first place to start in Tuktoyaktuk was visiting a warmshowers host in ontario, Bart. He had also ridden to Inuvik but about 30 years ago and instead of turning around, stayed there for 9 years. It was his photos of the ice and snow and fish hanging out of panniers that made me dream of seeing the north as it is most of the year - full of snow and cold. He writes on his website about cycling and other interesting subjects as well as finding the beauty of everyday life around the great lakes in Ontario. https://anoutsidechance.com/

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Nicholas Gault - biking from Alaska to Argentina as slow as possible, Nick has managed to create a different style of bicycle touring/bikepacking. Thoroughly exploring the backroads, taking time to see towns and cities and climbing many volcanoes, Nick set a new standard for biking in Central and South America. No matter how remote and tough, I always find myself following in his footsteps, tire tracks and paddle strokes. More amazing stories, photos, videos, detailed route and a very useful crime location map on his website: www.nicholasgault.com

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Forestyforest - on youtube he has amazing videos, the landscapes, roads, trails and pushing a touring bike where no touring bike has gone before. His approach to exploring every corner is amazing and makes me wish I had spent a lot more time doing just that.

Hitchhiking through paradise - Gabor has been hitchhiking since 2012 (i think), he made it from Austria to Gibraltar, across the ocean and to Alaska where I met him in 2014. His goal is to get to the South Pole by hitchhiking and if there is one person who can do it, it's him. (he also borrowed my packraft to paddle around the Darien gap... both ways!)

www.outdoorresearch.com www.ducttapethenbeer.com In summer 2011, Outdoor Research athlete Kyle Dempster took off on his bike across Kyrgyzstan with a couple mostly-accurate maps, a trailer full of climbing gear, and a vocabulary of 10 Kyrgyz words. He spent two months pedaling and pushing the bike more than 1200 km on roads of variable states of neglect, wading through wild rivers, dealing with corrupt military checkpoint staff, and soloing a handful of unclimbed alpine rock and mixed routes. He recorded the journey, his camera his only partner, friend, and sometimes the only receiving end of his conversations for days at a time. In 2013, Kyle’s self-shot footage of his journey in Kyrgyzstan made it to the desk of filmmakers Fitz Cahall and Austin Siadak, who were asked to look at the footage and see if there might be enough to chop together a 4-minute climbing film. They saw a lot more potential in it, and turned it into the 25-minute “The Road From Karakol,” which debuted at the 5Point Film Festival and took home the Best In Fest award. Music Artist: Lemolo Song: Open Air Artist: Exit Music Song: Modern Age Original score by Amy Stolzenbach

Kyle Dempster´s video of riding in Kurgystan is absolutely amazing and shows what bicycle travel, what travel and life is all about! I have watched it several times and dream of the day when my wheels will roll out of Karakol.

The rain kept falling, gorging the rivers and making it extremely difficult to continue on with the trip. And F&S Adventurer Jim Baird decides to turn back. But Mother Nature throws him another curveball during his ride back to the starting point.

Jim Baird - A Canadian doing all sorts of crazy trips around the country. From kayaking, trekking to a motorized attempt of the Canol Trail. Swimming across the Twitya with a rope and getting stuck on the wrong side overnight, pendulum swing a quad and a trailer on a raft... just priceless!

Jeff Kurys - while looking into routes to Bella Coola I stumbled upon his journal. Jeff does an amazing job at documenting remote and difficult rides as if it's a walk in the park. His detailed accounts of years worth of riding in Canada, USA and all over the world are absolutely amazing!

The man who cycled the Americas - Mark Beaumont's documentary was the first thing I saw about bicycle touring and it had me hooked, not only the cycling part but also the idea of telling a story while at it. He has done many amazing rides, mostly with the added challenge of breaking some guiness world record.

Scott Pauker - similar to Nicholas Gault, Scott is bikepacking south, taking the path less traveled and documenting it in an amazing and inspiring way.

Ahmed the camel man - having traveled extensively in Africa with two of these amazing animals, Ahmed is the real deal. I had the chance to spend some time with him while at the Dubai Travel festival and cannot wait, one day to embark on a camel trip across somewhere far and remote, who knows maybe out paths will cross.