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Amazing, will be epic. Done the Patagonia section and put this together in case you find it useful (maps places to stay etc). Tho this was 2014 and I think a lot of it has been paved since then which should make it more enjoyable.
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Fuck yeah!
No info myself but I loved (RIP) Iohan's films. He did a similar thing a few years ago and gradually got more and more wild with his trips. You've probably seen them but if you haven't, they're rad. We still say "hey buddy" in his style at every dog we see on the road nowadays and ducks are now "dooks"...
https://www.youtube.com/c/IohanGueorguiev
https://www.bikewanderer.com/
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In early 2020 my partner and I started chatting about the idea of a long distance, multi month bike tour - our copy of the Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook was reread with a more critical eye than it had been in the past and we set about on deciding a route to follow. Within a few weeks the seed of an idea to take 6-12 months off to ride somewhere had developed into an 18 month tour from Alaska to Argentina along the Pan American Highway.
We wanted to time the start of the trip with the opening of Denali National Park in Alaska which meant a start date of late May/early June - this was only a few months away at the time so we decided to set a target start date of May 2021. Frustratingly long to wait but it would leave plenty of time to sort the planning and gather the new kit we’d need.
Roll on March 2020 and COVID-19 put a sharp stop on any plans we had. Planning (and buying new camping kit) continued but it was more due to lockdown boredom and wishful thinking than any real hope we’d actually get to go on the tour as planned.
Fast forward to the start of 2022 and the borders are back open, visa appointments were booked and plans to leave our jobs were in motion. 29 months since dreaming up the idea and 12 months delayed from the original planned start we’re flying to Fairbanks, Alaska this Friday.
Our route roughly follows the west coast and travels across USA, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Argentina. We’re aiming for about 20 months start to finish but will see how things go, I think revisions and adjustments to the plan are inevitable.
I’ll add some more details of bike set ups and kit tomorrow as well as the itinerary for the first month in Alaska (as much detailed planning as we’ve done so far).
Any local tips / route advice / gardens to camp in or sofas to sleep on along the way would be appreciated!
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