Mid to late April 2023. This post is el ultimo – the last one – from our American Cordillera journey, covering our final 900km – a transition from the mountains…
Mark WatsonMay 23, 2023
Mid-late March 2023. Our last post left off at the lonely roadhouse of Las Horquetas on Argentina's Ruta 40. During the previous week we'd crossed Paso Roballos from Chile and…
Mark WatsonApril 5, 2023
Early March 2023. Following on from our previous post, where we ventured into the Chilean aspect of southern Patagonia's second highest mountain, Monte San Lorenzo, this chapter covers our efforts…
Mark WatsonMarch 29, 2023
Late February 2023. As we've cycled south from the Argentina Lakes District the mountains of Patagonia have been a continuous theme; distant, glacier clad and ice capped massifs that drift…
Mark WatsonMarch 27, 2023
Mid–late February 2023. As I write this post, we're actually at the end of the Carretera Austral, and about to make the short leg that includes a couple of ferry…
Mark WatsonMarch 18, 2023
Early – Mid February 2023. Trevelin to Coyhaique had been an energetic nine day stretch with lots of long days, so we had a welcome rest break for three days…
Mark WatsonMarch 2, 2023
Late January/early February 2023. Cycling from Trevelin to Coyhaique has been quite a poignant experience, because it was on this section in 2020 – although mostly via a different route…
Mark WatsonFebruary 28, 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
