Cones & Canyons Part Two. Northern and central Peru are shaped and defined by the great mountain ranges of the Cordillera Blanca, Cordillera Huayhuash and the less-glaciated Cordillera Central, but by…
Mark WatsonOctober 22, 2018
Cones & Canyons Part One. Ever since we'd joined the Peru Divide back in Oyon, about a month ago, we'd been looking forward to riding its final 700km section, dubbed…
Mark WatsonOctober 16, 2018
Ayacucho Department. The ride through Ayacucho department has been one of the most varied on the Peru Divide route so far, from the golden heights of the pampa through to…
Mark WatsonOctober 15, 2018
Deeper into the Cordillera Central. Our last post left off with our arrival in Huancavelica, the biggest town we'd seen since leaving Huaraz three weeks prior. It was here that…
Mark WatsonOctober 14, 2018
Crossing the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve. Here's another update from the Peru Divide: our second leg along this amazing high-Andes traverse. As we crisscross passes – between the Pacific to…
Mark WatsonSeptember 28, 2018
Picking up the Peru Divide. We'd long anticipated joining the Peru Divide touring route, looking forward to it in the same way we had with the Great Divide, the Baja…
Mark WatsonSeptember 19, 2018
Bikepacking the Cordillera Huayhuash. The highlights of our, now over two-year, journey by bike have been many. But perhaps the one to trump them all has been our four and…
Mark WatsonSeptember 17, 2018
The Pastoruri Glacier Road. It's over three weeks since I last posted on this blog and we've covered a lot of distance through the Huayhuash and Central Cordilleras in that…
Mark WatsonSeptember 8, 2018
Making Tracks While the Sun Shines. Our arrival in the Cordillera Blanca (since Pomabamba) has coincided with an amazing spell of settled weather, with barely a cloud in the sky,…
Mark WatsonAugust 7, 2018
