Late January 2023. Continuing south within Argentina from Bariloche, long distance cyclists are faced with two main choices: the Ruta 40 to El Bolson, or the Patagonian Beer Trail. The…
Mark WatsonFebruary 15, 2023
Late Dec 2022/Early Jan 2023. Since we crossed into Chile from Argentina via Paso Pichachen, the theme of the landscape and our journey has been defined by volcanoes. This post…
Mark WatsonFebruary 4, 2023
Late December 2022. Ever since we started cycling in South America back in January 2018 the famous Monkey Puzzle Trail had been on our radar. It's one of few bikepacking.com…
Mark WatsonJanuary 24, 2023
Mid December 2022. We long ago lost count of the number of times we have crossed the continental divide of South America, but it's easier to keep track of crossings…
Mark WatsonJanuary 10, 2023
Mid December 2022. In planning for this 2022/2023 leg of our Alaska to Patagonia odyssey we were faced with two choices: riding south from the latitude of Santiago, Chile, or…
Mark WatsonJanuary 1, 2023
Early December 2022. This is just a relatively brief post – a bridging post if you like – to cover a mostly off road connection we made between two several-day…
Mark WatsonDecember 29, 2022
Early December 2022. Following on immediately from our last blog post, from El Sosneado our plan was to make a deeper dive into the Andes following a large portion of…
Mark WatsonDecember 17, 2022
November 2022. I had imagined that the first post I wrote from our return to South America would be full of reflection on how it feels to be back on…
Mark WatsonDecember 16, 2022
Some of our blog visitors and followers have asked about how they could read the feature story I wrote for the 6th edition of the Bikepacking Journal. This beautifully produced…
Mark WatsonOctober 17, 2021
