Category: bike touring
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Section 9, part 5: The Final Section
Day 125: Punta Arenas to Bush Camp, 120k and a ferry We left the hotel around 7:30 am to head to the ferry terminal. The wind was strong already and our fingers were crossed that it remained eastwardly. Rain showered down while we waited to load the ferry yet the sun was still shining…
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Section 9, part 4: The Carretera Austral
Day 122: Torres del Paine to Puerto Natales, 65k It was a drizzly and grey morning to start. We took our bags to the trucks and waited for the rider meeting before going back to our hotel for breakfast. We were on the road by 8am, about 30 minutes after everyone else. The rain had…
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Section 9, part 3: Carretera Austral
Day 118: El Chalten to Le Leona,109k The wind was gusty and strong leaving El Chalten, as it had been all three days we where there. Everyone joked about not even needing to pedal the whole day since the wind was behind us, literally pushing from behind. About 4k out of town, we reached the…
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Section 9 part 2: The Carretera Austral
Day 112: Coyhaique to Villa Cerro Castillo, 109k My legs hurt as soon as I started pedaling. I did not sleep well on the rest day and didn’t seem to recover at all. The ride out of Coyhaique was hectic with traffic, I haven’t seen so much traffic since Puerto Montt. Yesterday morning seemed like…
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Section 9, Part 1: Carterra Austral
Day 106: Puerto Montt to Hornopiren, 46k, a ferry, 56k The first day of the last section! I am ready to be finished, but now we get to ride through Patagonia which is what I was most excited for on the trip. We will be riding along the Carreterra Austral, the only road that travels…
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Section 8, part 2: The Lake District
Day 99: Concepcion to Renaico, 131k It was a grey and humid morning. Leaving a major city is always stressful, luckily today was not too bad. There was a network of bike lanes on the major roads, which made navigating much easier. We crossed over the Bio Bio River and then road along side it…
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Section 7, part 4: Across the Andes
Day 88: San Juan to Sana Clara, 117k The ride out of San Juan was pretty easy. We circled around a few plazas and continued on the same road for 25k. We watched the city dissipate into suburbs then into rural roads. The further we went the more narrow the road became. The last 10k…
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Section 7, Part 3: Across the Andes
Day 86: Villa Union to Jachal, 145k We woke to a chilly morning with the sun peaking over the mountains. We continued on the Ruta 40 for the majority of the day. As soon as we turned onto the highway the land was back to desert, but with beautiful rock formations interspersed throughout the valley.…
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Section 7, part 2: Across the Andes
Day 81: Cafayate to Bush Camp, 150k The morning started out cool and cloudy, but the birds were singing. Another really long day of riding and it was a gradual up hill all day. Out of Cafayate the roads were lined with vineyards and mountains, this went on for at least 20k. Soon after the…
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Section, Part 2: Cycling the Salt Flats
Day 73: Uyuni to Atocha, 92K I managed to catch a stomach bug that has been going around the group on our rest day, so I rode the bus this day. The ride was down a highway the is being constructed, so detours off the road were inevitable. Once out of Uyuni the road was…
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