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
| A Taste of Home | Getting underway with our ride south into Patagonia has been like entering some sort of luxuriant paradise. For the first time in many months…
Mark WatsonMarch 10, 2020
| Chasing the Seasons | Today we only rode 47km, the road was paved and cars sped past at pace, but we had the luxury of a cycle path most…
Mark WatsonMarch 1, 2020
| Ruta del Captain José León Lemos | We've now crossed the Andes between Chile and Argentine four times (via Pasos Socompa, Pircas Negras, Agua Negra and Portillo de Piuquenes),…
Mark WatsonFebruary 29, 2020
| Friends in High Places | Between finishing Ruta de los Seis Miles in Guandacol and arriving in Mendoza (where I'm writing this post) we crossed the Andes two more…
Mark WatsonFebruary 12, 2020
| Traversing the Chilean/Argentine Puna, Part I | The Ruta de los Seis Miles is a 1300km-long remote bikepacking route that traverses the length of the Central Andean Dry Puna…
Mark WatsonJanuary 8, 2020
on the shoulders of giants We're a long way south since our last report was filed from the dusty Bolivian desert town of Uyuni on the edge of the salars.…
Mark WatsonDecember 24, 2019
south towards the salars The Ruta de las Vicuñas had been on our radar ever since we'd seen Cass Gilbert's beautiful photos in the route writeup found on Bikepacking.com. For…
Mark WatsonNovember 14, 2019
into the atacama desert Having finally done our last stretch of riding in the Andes Oriental (previous post) we were looking forward to a change of scene as we headed…
Mark WatsonNovember 12, 2019
