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Our 7 Favorite Backpacking and Bike Packing Foods By Jim Sutherland

Our 7 Favorite Backpacking and Bike Packing Foods By Jim Sutherland

Overview This piece¹, (Scottish readers will get that pun) is about what I have learned to use and enjoy from over thirty years of Backpacking and Bikepacking.  I hope that readers find that it is ...

Just Get Out There - Chicago Basin Trip Report By Heather Hoechst

Just Get Out There - Chicago Basin Trip Report By Heather Hoechst

The thunder reverberates through the ground beneath our shelter. As we lie on our backs, I study the thin sheet of nylon protecting us from the storm raging outside. Lightning flashes across the sk...

Iberica Traversa - Part 4 (Final part!) By Jim Sutherland

Iberica Traversa - Part 4 (Final part!) By Jim Sutherland

Way off in the distance I spotted the final CP which is a big sculpture of a tuna fish.  The sense of achievement when I got there was incredible.  I had managed myself, my bike and my gear to the ...

Iberica Traversa - Part 3 By Jim Sutherland

Iberica Traversa - Part 3 By Jim Sutherland

I rode 75 miles to the beautiful ancient town of Alcaraz.  Alcaraz was at the top of a hill with a castle (of course!), shaded narrow streets and a lovely big plaza.  My room was in a gorgeous pens...

Iberica Traversa - Part 2 By Jim Sutherland

Iberica Traversa - Part 2 By Jim Sutherland

I left well before sunrise and enjoyed weaving around the lanes and quiet streets until getting established on an old road through the olive groves.  It was lovely to get into a rhythm whilst pedal...

Iberica Traversa - Part 1 By Jim Sutherland

Iberica Traversa - Part 1 By Jim Sutherland

Thanks to me being slightly distracted I prepared/didn’t prepare a rather disorganised dinner with my wife before leaving.  Not ‘the clean plate’ I had hoped for but she is a kind and patient partn...