Distance: 12.53 km Ride time: 3:20:48 Average: 3.75 km/h!!! Altitude: 3604 m Total: 25688 km I had envisioned a rather easy day climbing the 12 kilometers to Refugio El Peñon. That was not to be! Even though the night had been rather quiet, the Zonda wind quickly picked up as the sun rose. Furthermore I [ Read More ]
Distance: 37.69 km Ride time: 5:01:48 Average: 7.51 km/h Altitude: 3142 m Total: 25676 km After I heard the cracking sound from my back wheel yesterday I knew that I had put more weight on my bike that I really should. I had 10 liters of water, and thought this would be where I could [ Read More ]
Distance: 52.84 km Ride time: 3:53:07 Average: 13.60 km/h Altitude: 2014 m Total: 25638 km There was excitement in the air as we left Vinchina behind and aimed for the mountains. The first part of the day was spent cycling through the beautiful Quebrada de Troya. The road twisted upwards through the oddly shaped mountains [ Read More ]
Distance: 77.28 km Ride time: 3:47:27 Average: 20.44 km/h Altitude: 1405 m Total: 25585 km As we cycled out of town on our heavy bicycles loaded with 20 days of food, I had the feeling that we were leaving civilization for good. We were climbing slowly to 1400 m – a nice tail wind made [ Read More ]
Distance: 80.01 km Ride time: 3:55:35 Average: 20.40 km/h Altitude: 1405 m Total: 25508 km I had been looking forward to arrive in Vila Union for a number of reasons. First of all this town would be the last outpost, the last chance to buy food, before we would head into the mountains. Hence it [ Read More ]
Distance: 74.78 km Ride time: 3:45:52 Average: 19.94 km/h Altitude: 1202 m Total: 25428 km There are two ways to cycle out of Jachal. Through a flat road or through a valley. In the end we chose the valley even though we had heard that it included a bit of climbing. And boy were we [ Read More ]
Distance: 31.54 km Ride time: 1:32:25 Average: 20.23 km/h Altitude: 1181 m Total: 25353 km In the morning Petter was not feeling well, so we opted for an easy cycling day into San José de Jáchal. Asking around for camp sites or hostels, we were pointed to the municipality camping where it was possible to [ Read More ]
Distance: 115.98 km Ride time: 4:45:25 Average: 24.42 km/h Altitude: 1068 m Total: 25322 km As we woke up in the morning we were surprised to see clouds on the sky. Something we hadn’t seen for a while. It was also the first time that we saw the surrounding mountains in daylight since we had [ Read More ]
