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Sep 15 2020

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There has been a lot of blisters lately during the construction of @mtbguatemala base camp. 🏕️ Situated cold and high at 2700m in the mountains of #tecpanguatemala we're motivated and rolling with a project that has been a dream of mine for years. My only regret is that we didn't leave Antigua sooner!#mtbguide #mtbtours #mtbguatemala
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Day 4 exploring Baja Verapaz and the isolated indigenous towns on the tributaries to the Chichoy Resevoir. This place reminds me a lot of the Copper Canyon in Mexico.About 3 months ago this community pooled their money together to construct a road to reach their isolated town. Up until now it has been a 3 days walk to bring anything in. I had the "privilage" to be the first outside vistor on the motorcycle. Ravenged by war and a USA-backed $1bn hydroelectric project it's incredible to see just how raw these people live in 2020. No electricity, no resources, straw huts. Drinking and living from the river.Upon arriving in the town a band of about 20 people started following me and staring wherever I went. Mother's snatched their children close as as I drove by - huddling on the ground. Hollow stares.I got stuck down a narrow patch at the edge of a river gorge and took about an hour turning around pushing the bike back.Resting at the rivers edge the men of the town approached me in a group - the leader asked me what I was up to. He spoke English - said he used to work in Brooklyn (!) A strange allegory to progress and life itself --this small little town on the edge of nowhere. Newly connected to the flow of progress. "We had to carry concrete blocks in on our backs" he told me "to build the school. Now, gracias a dios, tenemos este carratera". The town has 2 trucks and daily trips to San Gabriel - about a two hour drive over the mountain. I had seen the trucks - loaded with people and supplies: furniture, construction material and cases of Pepsi. Along the new road was new trash - styrafoam takeout containers and plastic bottles. New houses were being built along the route - with new construction materials. He said the town had about 60 families.It's amazing just how fast progress had set up in just a few months. I wondered just what the future of this community holds. Deep in the heart of the desert of Guatemala.
2 years ago
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Exploration San Marcos. This region is all new to me. Land of 3000m+ mountains, massive volcanoes and a spider web of Mayan trails that connect rippling canyons. . After 7 years in Guatemala I am still left with that feeling of "wow" 💥. #feelingsmall , and a bit intimidated 😬 there is still a lifetime left to explore in this potent little country. . #quepeladoguate #visitguatemala #mtbguatemala #biketravel #travelmtb 📷:@bigsero1
2 years ago
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It was an intense month in Chile with certification courses - presentations and of course figuring out how to afford the basics in this "second world"country. I attended a 10 day @nolsedu course in Cajón de Maipo - my first official class in Spanish - receiving WFR Wilderness first aid certification for my work with @mtbguatemala . This course was long overdue for me with years of accidents and injuries that I have seen guiding in the Backcountry of Peru and Guatemala. The biggest "simulation" of the course was surviving for 11 nights in a tent in sub zero temperatures while conducting rescue simulations in the snow and cold waters of the Rio Maipo.Among everything I was able to get our riding a few times aboard the @giantbicycles #Trance29er exploring cow paths and getting some high and layered views of this impressive place.Ever thankful to @choikebags @flowridechile @vbarra87 for your incredible support . #travelmtb #biketravel #chile
2 years ago
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This Saturday I will be presenting photos and video from my bikepacking travels in South America - right here in Santiago Chile! Support by local bikepacking company @choikebags 🚵🌎 . . Thank you to my sponsors @gorewear @ride_bmc @defiantpack @julboeyewearna #bikepacking #bikewanderer #travelmtb #exploreearth
2 years ago
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Legends on the bikes @highluxphoto and @beinghana have been exploring for the past 3 years on their bikes. I was lucky enough to join them the past few days on the Ausangate traverse - a Classic #bikepacking circumnavigation around one of Peru's highest peaks. 5000m passes, glaciers, alpacas and singletrack for days!I had to slow the pace down on the loaded rig - taking time to warm up each day from the frigid subzero temps overnight ❄ . #worldbybike #liveoutside #bikepacker #Peru #freedomontwowheels #adventurecycling #outside #adventure #ausangate
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Flashback to the national enduro en Baja Verapaz Guatemala 💣 steep, raw, technical! 1st place pro category aboard the @ridebmc speedfox 🦊 . Enduro MTB as a sport is exploding along with mountain biking in general in Guatemala. Check out @mtbguatemala to see my project for the last few years there. . . #mtbguatemala #enduromtb #downhill #Guatemala #braap #mountainbikelife #gopro #endurobike #travelmtb #mtb #travelmore #travelinspiration #adventurecycling #goprohero #bikelife #adventuremtb #outside #exploration #exploremore @julbousa @fox 📷@kushroesch
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With views like these... Pisac Sacred Valley #PerúI have been trying out the new @gaintbicycles Trace 29er recently with custom @fox suspensión - 140mm in the front 115mm in the rear. This bike has a dual personality and both climbs and shreds well. 📉 . . The Incan trails in peru are loaded with steps and sharp rocks and I went through my @maxxisbike DHF in just a week of riding with nearly a flat a day. I have recently upgraded to downhill casing which I should of done from the start. My tires weigh 1kg each but hey ! #nomoreflats !The riding continues here in peru guiding for @hakuexpeditions - With dry, clear and cold conditions through the Peruvian winter. - come visit! . . #adventurecycling #mtbperu #trance29er #Peru #sacredvalley #outside #live100 #adventuremtb #mtbtime #gorideyourbike #lifeofadventure #adventurephotography #Incan #singletrack #bikeviews
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