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October 2, 2024

Catalina Crossing on a Hobie Tandem Island

For a long time, I had dreamt of doing adventures in our tandem kayak. After a somewhat frightening final crossing during our Channel Islands Crossing voyage, we decided to scale back kayaking the open...

Bicycling / Bike Packing / Routes

July 22, 2024

Bikepacking the Collegiate Peaks

Janet and I decided to squeeze in a quick Colorado bikepacking trip that we designed based on a combination of the “Sage and Saddles” route as well as the “Vapor Trail” route – both...

Bike Packing / Bike Touring / Bikepacking Western Africa / Routes

February 9, 2024

Bikepacking Western Africa

I spent 100 days riding from Morocco to Ghana on a full suspension Mountain Bike during the fall of 2023. It was a fantastic trip with a lot of “ups” and just a couple...

Bike Packing / Bike Touring / Bikepacking Spain / Routes

August 8, 2023

Bikepacking the Iberian Peninsula

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Bicycling / Bike Packing / Bike Touring / Routes

May 22, 2023

Our Own Tour Aotearoa

Suggested 3wk Itinerary | List of all NZ GREAT RIDES | Our Photos | NZ Likes/Dislikes I had been toying with the idea of bikepacking New Zealand for many years; ever since I heard...

Backpacking / Fastpacking / Foot Travel / Routes

October 6, 2022

Tablelands Traverse

A perfect Sierra weather report suddenly materialized in early October 2022. I dropped everything I was doing and set to finalize a route that I had been sketching through the Tablelands East of the...

Backpacking / Fastpacking / Foot Travel / Routes

September 30, 2022

Backpacking Cottonwood Lakes, Crabtree Pass, Siberia, and Funston

I’ve been meaning to start a trip from the Horseshoe Meadows / Cottonwood Lakes Trail head – which I’d never done before. With the exception of the trip to Funston Lake, this route follows...

Bicycling / Bike Packing / Bike Touring / Routes

June 30, 2022

Bikepacking the Pacific Northwest Rail Trails

In the summer of 2022, our friend Mark Glenesk invited Janet and me to ride a combination of rail trails in the Pacific Northwest. Below is a light account of our journey. Starting with...

Bicycling / Bike Packing / Bike Touring / Bike Touring Latin America / Routes

March 26, 2022

Bikepacking Meso-America

In 2014, Janet and I rode from San Diego to Panama. This was our first multi-month tour together, and because Honduras had such a bad reputation for safety, we tried our best to avoid...