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A Rugged Adventure Bikepacking in the Chilcotin Mountains

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October 10, 2019

Call it mountain bike amnesia, but I'm already forgetting…

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Shutting Down the Noise - A Digital Minimalism Experiment

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July 18, 2019

Devices pull at our time all day. They live in our pockets,…

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Adrenaline and Beauty in Madeira (If You Survive the Flight!)

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July 11, 2019

The wind-swept eastern peninsula of Madeira. (Vereda da Ponta…

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Updating My Salsa Fargo Build, Bikepacking Style

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May 30, 2019

Oh, the places you can go on a bicycle... Somewhere in Portugal! …

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Hitting Our Bike Touring Stride in Spain and Portugal (Plus a Major Trip Pivot)

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May 22, 2019

The Via Verde de la Sierra is simply fantastic. So, you…

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First Impressions: 10 Days Bike Touring in Spain

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April 26, 2019

If travel is a physics experiment, bike touring is a particle…

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Where Do You Pee, Sleep and Shower? Bike Touring FAQs!

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April 17, 2019

Hola! In case you missed it, during April and May, we're…

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My Favorite Lake Tahoe Mountain Biking Trails

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February 6, 2019

Views of Lake Tahoe from Freel Peak trail. TAHOOOOOE! The…

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Fighting Gravity for 1 Million Feet

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January 8, 2019

Top of the 18-pitch Flyboys in the Methow Valley. One million…

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How to Make 2019 Awesome

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December 30, 2018

Looking ahead to 2019... Photo: Nick Haycock Here's my approach…

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Eye Candy from the City of Rocks (A Photo Essay)

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November 30, 2018

No one arrives at the City of Rocks by accident. Perched…

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Do You Want to Run a Business, Or Do You Just Hate Your Job?

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November 15, 2018

Ten years ago, I left my safe engineering job and swam into…

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