Tag: Bikepacking
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25 photos from Switzerland, part 5
Photos 21-25 Here we are, the final 5 photos of Eriks’ and my trek across Switzerland. This first photo picks back up on Day 8 of the tour, in the Alps south of Interlaken. This photo is (I believe) from the same area as the final photo in the last series, a wonderfully remote-feeling, yet…
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25 photos from Switzerland pt. 4
Photos 16-20 The first photo in this series picks the journey back up in a ski lodge above Grindelwald in First. We had arrived in thick pea soup fog, unable to see the drama surrounding us. Fortunately, when we woke up early the next morning, the clouds were clearing and we were able to take…
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25 photos from Switzerland pt. 3
Photos 11-15 The first photo in this series picks up from the last set in town of Vals. This isn’t a particularly good photo, but it does really give insight to the tremendously beautiful feeling of the buildings in Vals. Every home had so many details to take in; the centuries old wood, the decorative…
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25 photos from Switzerland pt. 2
Photos 6-10 The first three photos in this batch are from the third day of the tour. We had spent night 2 at a hotel in St. Moritz, and woke to a pleasant day with some blue skies. We headed southwest from town along two major lakes, including some portions that took us high up…
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25 photos from bikepacking Switzerland
Photos 1-5 I started off trying to write a full trip report of the two weeks Erik and I spent backpacking across Switzerland, but I was unhappy with how it was going. The writing felt monotonous, the pictures were secondary to this long, long narrative, and it doesn’t need to be that way. So I’m…
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Desert Solitude: The Anza-Borrego backcountry 60 miler
Well, the best laid January plans inevitably lead to something-something unlaid plans. After a seemingly normal start to the new year, come mid-February, it started raining and then it kept raining. It continues to rain. It has just been absolutely one of the toughest, greyest winters I’ve ever experienced out here. But the rain hasn’t…