July 20, 2015 Last night's hostel was arguably the worst one to date. There was a steady line of bugs scaling the wall along the door, around the light switch, and that light switch was not grounded...meaning that each time we turned the light on or off, we got a...
July 19 , 2015 The remoteness of our journey is intoxicating. I want more. I want to go further out, further way from everyone and everything that I think anyone has already seen. Every person that we meet greets us like family. The start of the climb today...
July 17 - 19, 2015 I awake at 630a to music coming from a house across the valley and a boy zooming down our path on a bicycle. Shortly thereafter the sun comes up and I’m instantly warm. It was likely in the 30’s overnight but in the sun feels like 60. Somehow the...
July 16, 2015 I am hoping for good health today. There are BIG hills between us and Cusco. Best case, we should be 3 days from Cusco depending on how adventurous we get with our route. We set out for approximately a 100K day. Stomach feels better. Energy level is...
July 14, 2015 Another war. Wind and busy road all day. After 5 hours, we arrive in Puno. This is a ride that that should have taken us 1 day from Copacabana to Puno but rather has been a cage match for 2 days. Puno is a large city of over 80K. We find a decent hostal...
July 10-12 We set out for Copacabana, a resort town on Lake Titicaca, the highest lake in the world at over 12K feet…and it’s HUGE. Unfortunately Taylor’s knee is still acting up so we take a bus for $5 ea. This feels like a good choice as it is nearly a 3K ft climb...
July 13 Today's highlight is that we get to cross the border from Bolivia to Peru! Sadly, that is the biggest hightlight. We wake up to wind and unfortunately it never leaves. The trek today should be an easy 140k / 90 miles along rolling terrain along the lake....
July 9, 2015 Taylor’s knee is still flaring up so we rest in La Paz for the day. With the taste of climbs we got the past couple days and expectation of more to come, this seems like the right move. We are still enjoying out upscale hostal, complete with flat screen...
July 7 - 8, 2015 Death Road in reverse is one of the hardest climbs I’ve ever done. 30 km and over 6000 ft of elevation gain…while riding an 80lb bike. We're both pretty good at math and planned for a 6 hr climb back to the highway (5km / hr), including stops for...
July 6, 2015 The days starts out a complete shit show. We hit up a local restaurant because they have a pretty good buffet for $5. We got our money’s worth as we loaded up our bellies and our bags. Getting out of town was where the "fun" begins. It took nearly 90...
