11/25 – 12/2/2016 What in the actual FUCK? I left the cool mountains of Nepal and arrived in the hottest place that I’ve ever been or hope to go again. I am not a beach guy. I know this and have proven it to myself enough times that I would hope I would have learned....
I scoured the website and also the Facebook page for directions to the event. To me, it was all Nepali logic. For anyone who has traveled here, you can understand. I had been messaging with the race promoter of the Kathmandu Mountain Bike Festival for several days. He...
November 13-18, 2016 There are entire chapters dedicated in the guidebook to Pokhara, Kathmandu, and the Annapurna Circuit. I’ve read them all, front to back, back to front. I’ve been there. I wanted to see the real Nepal. Bad roads. Small villages. Basic food. Simple...
11/6. High camp to Manang “Mountain biker coming down!” yelled a girl to her friend just below and around the corner. I don’t think I’ll EVER get tired of hearing that…and I heard it a lot this day. “Woop, woop!” I shot back while ringing my bell. They giggled and...
11/5/2016 Day 5 I’m up by 530am and huddled around the wood stove in the kitchen where my chocolate pancake is being prepared. My water bottles are chunky with ice, but not frozen. I’m out the door and on the bike by 6am, prepared for 6 hours of hell. There are 2...
The Annapurna Circuit is one of the most renowned trekking circuits, not only in Nepal, but the world. It has only recently been approached by bicycle. The circuit or APC as it is commonly referred, is 230km (about 145 miles), rising from near sea level to an altitude...
The World Spins By is an intimate journey of loss, curiosity, and love—recounted one pedal stroke at a time along Jerry’s two-year bicycle journey back to himself.