We’re back at it on the bikes – this time ~1700 miles on gravel as we traverse Mexico’s Baja Penninsula from San Diego, CA to San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur. Day 35 – 51.6 Miles / +1424 ft gain After a comfortable… Continue Reading “Baja Divide: Ciudad Constitución to San José del Cabo”
We’re back at it on the bikes – this time ~1600 miles on gravel as we traverse Mexico’s Baja Penninsula from San Diego, CA to San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur. Day 29 – 0 Miles After a long push into Mulegé, we… Continue Reading “Baja Divide: Mulegé to Ciudad Constitución”
We’re back at it on the bikes – this time ~1600 miles on gravel as we traverse Mexico’s Baja Penninsula from San Diego, CA to San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur. Day 22 – 30.7 Miles / +1430 ft gain We awoke in… Continue Reading “Baja Divide: Bahía de los Ángeles to Mugelé”
Day 10 – 29 Miles / +1645 ft gain We arrived in Vicente Guerrero knowing there was an inch of rain in the forecast. This much rain can saturate the usually dusty roads creating a thick mud which resembles sticky peanut butter. The mud… Continue Reading “Baja Divide: Vicente Guerrero to Bajia de los Angeles”
We’re back at it on the bikes – this time ~1600 miles on gravel as we traverse Mexico’s Baja Penninsula from San Diego, CA to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur. Day 1 – 28.9 Miles / +1458 ft gain Bikes were built. Accessories… Continue Reading “Baja Divide: San Diego to Vicente Guerrero”
We’re out on a thruhike of the ~1200 mile Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT) westbound as part of a group of six lean, tan superheroes. Read our experience of “urban hiking” on the PNT in Section 8 around Puget Sound. Day 40 – 32 Miles… Continue Reading “Pacific Northwest Trail Section 8 – Puget Sound”
The Western Wildlands Route (WWR) is a cross country route stretching from the Mexican / Arizona border over 2700 miles north to the Montana / Canadian border. The WWR is 80% unpaved consisting of mostly dirt roads and 4×4 tracks and passes through 4… Continue Reading “Gear List for Bikepacking the Western Wildlands Route”
Wow it’s really starting to feel like we’ve come a long way from the wall at the Mexican border! Here’s Segment 4 through Southern Idaho as we travel northbound on the Western Wildlands Route (WWR). Day 33 – 90.4 / +5000 ft elevation gain… Continue Reading “Western Wildlands Route Segment 4 – Bear Lake, ID to Hailey, ID”
We’ve been riding our bikes from the Mexican border northbound on the Western Wildlands Route (WWR) and have made it to Idaho! This is our experience from Segment 5. (Links to previous segments can be found at the bottom of this post.) Days 28-30… Continue Reading “Western Wildlands Route Segment 5 – Soldier Summit, UT to Bear Lake, ID”
We are riding the Western Wildlands Route (WWR) on bicycles northbound and started at the AZ / Mexican border about 3 weeks ago. Since we are tackling the route northbound, “Segment 6” is our fourth segment. Click to read Segment 7, Segment 8, and Segment 9. Day… Continue Reading “Western Wildlands Route Segment 6 – Kanab, UT to Soldier Summit, UT”