Octogenarian Odyssey

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Final Statistics for the Americas

Final Statistics for the Americas

Country Distance Cum distance Rest days Climbing Cum climbs Cycle days Alaska 423 423 0 3010 3010 4 Canada 3118 3541 5 18607 21617 27 USA 3168 6709 5 20778 42395 31 Mexico 5168 11877 11 35316 77711 47 Guatemala 435 12312 2 7087 84798 5 El Salvador 446 12758 1 3577...

Oct 3

Atocha to Tupiza is an incredible ride. The road gods are nasty as they take you to one false summit after another. You reach 4000m, then defend to 3600m, and then you do it all again, maybe four or five times until you get to 4240m. This section of Bolivia is...

Oct 2

Today’s adventure on the highways before reaching Atocha – where we stumbled upon a bunch of canyons, and in the blink of an eye, Bob decided he was ‘Condor Bob’. 🦅 #RoadTripAdventures #CondorBob

Oct 1

After 96k and a reasonably easy ride assisted by a tailwind, we arrived early in Atocha. Atocha’s population is around 10k, and many mines surround the town. The mines produce tin, silver, and gold. Meanwhile, back to the ride. I thought it would be a fast, flat ride...

Sept 30

On September 7, 2018, I promised myself that I would ride my bicycle on the salt flats of Bolivia. I thought it would probably be a two-week tour, not an 11-month odyssey. Yesterday, I kept that promise, and we entered the salt flats from Coqueza and rode over 100k on...