I’m taking grainy high ISO photos of soldiers taking pictures of others soldiers standing with their arm around Lael. The sun has set and we’re standing outside a major military checkpoint on the main highway in Sinai, at the junction … Continue reading
Leave the bikes in storage for a few days. Cairo is a walking city. It is possible to cycle in the city, although best to avoid late afternoon and evening when Cairo reaches a climax. Mornings are cool and quiet, … Continue reading
Alex warms fingers while pedaling over Cache Mountain Divide in the White Mountains Recreation Area north of Fairbanks, AK this spring. After riding with us in Baja for two months, he joined us for several weeks of winter riding in … Continue reading
Lael racing the local e-bikers away from the Sea of Galilee. The HLC departed Mt. Hermon April 9 at 7AM. After one solid day of riding, most riders intercepted scattered showers and increasingly unrideable roads and trails some time during … Continue reading
Skip to the fun part and leave an encouraging comment for Lael at the bottom of the page. Yes, she is racing the HLC. The event starts Thursday at 7AM. She rides and rides and rides, you know that. But … Continue reading
It is HLC season in Israel. Nowhere else have we engaged the local bikepacking community as in Israel. America is a big country and there are many riders, but there are miles and miles of trail for each rider to … Continue reading
He insists that it must be cold in Alaska. “Yes.” I resist divulging any further details. My computer is plugged into an outlet shared by a machine stirring an iced drink across the plaza. A plastic bag containing a 1 … Continue reading
At 1200ft below sea level, there is nowhere to go but up. Into a stiff west wind, we depart from the gas station at Newe Zohar, at the south Dead Sea. The ascent out of this big hole, the Jordan … Continue reading
We complete a circle around the Negev desert with Ilan and Danny, connecting new singletrack from Mizpe Ramon with the now familiar HLC route from Tsofar back to Sde Boker. Moving north from Sde Boker, we eventually descend 3700ft to the … Continue reading
The plan is to meet in Ezuz on Thursday night, near the border with Egyptian Sinai. We’ll ride for two days through a southwestern slice of Israel normally reserved for artillery training and ranging antelope, and not much else save … Continue reading
