Bicycle Traveler Magazine recently interviewed me regarding the hybrid cycle touring/bike packing set up Hana and I are using for our Alaska to Argentina tour. I talk about the bikes,…
Mark WatsonOctober 16, 2016
Departing Jasper (see previous post) our upcoming ride of the famous Icefields Parkway was much anticipated. We'd driven this route back in 2009, very much as tourists and without doing…
Mark WatsonOctober 5, 2016
This post is long overdue, but to update followers fully, we’re currently biking the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route through the USA, a brilliant and challenging route that connects wilderness…
Mark WatsonOctober 5, 2016
When I was 10 years old I visited Disneyland. The experience was overwhelming: the outside world was gone, and before me was a new paradigm of possible experiences – and all…
Mark WatsonSeptember 19, 2016
After the wide and relatively busy Alaska Highway from Whitehorse to Watson Lake, we were looking forward to the Stewart - Cassiar Highway, a much quieter road that would be…
Mark WatsonSeptember 15, 2016
This post follows our journey across the Yukon; Canada's north-western state, and one of its remotest. With a ride of over 1100 kilometres and 10 riding days, we combined the Top…
Mark WatsonAugust 17, 2016
Aoraki Mount Cook, Grand Plateau and Plateau Hut during a subtle combination of pre-dawn light, starlight and moonlight. March 2016. A few months back I was interviewed about my mountain…
Mark WatsonAugust 15, 2016
Cycling the Tok Cutoff and Taylor Highways from Sourdough Creek to Boundary, just shy of the Canadian Border. Hana and I had just gotten used to our own company again,…
Mark WatsonAugust 3, 2016
From Denali National Park onwards the road ahead for us was obvious: the Denali Highway. This 217 km dirt road follows high glacial outwash plains and the Alaska Range foothills. The…
Mark WatsonJuly 28, 2016
