Lael stands in one place long enough to answer a few questions for KTVA correspondant Jake Edmonds. Click the images below to external links for words, images, and videos. Home for less than two weeks, our worlds have shifted and … Continue reading
Join us Saturday night in Kfar Sirkin, Israel for an evening celebrating the simple pleasure of traveling by bicycle. We’ve been in the country for three months, most often on or near the HLC track, joining weekend training missions to … Continue reading
Update: A Facebook event has been created. RSVP and keep up with updates on the Bikepacking Inspiration event page. Join the Israeli bikepacking community for an evening centered around your bikes and our stories of travel and adventure by bicycle. … Continue reading
Lael finishes on the beach in Eilat, adjacent to high-priced hotels and the Jordanian border. That night, we slept on the beach. To catch up on the events of the HLC 2015 check out my article at Bikepacker’s Magazine, Live … Continue reading
At the restart in Arad, Lael begs Niv not to ride so fast. He is really, really strong and one of the only people she enjoys riding with. In general, she prefers to be alone. Following a muddy standstill in … 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
Journey to Jerusalem between solar powered weeks in the Negev and the rising tide of spring in the rest of Israel, unfolding new layers of riding to the north. Arriving in Eilat on the first of February, we cordone ourselves … 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
