“there are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.“
-einstein
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🛖 Alpine Hut ➡️ Aeropuerto ✈️
“Worry less, ride more” Good quote from our hotel bike storage room It’s always bittersweet ending a bikepacking trip. My legs are happy to rest but my mind is set into a calmer pace of being, my body is set into a more frequent pace of consuming. The ride back to Bilbao from the Gorbea…
Flies & Mastiff
Today’s route was one for the books. Overall, we climbed 4400’ in only 21 miles in a whopping 7 hours, many of which were full hike-a-bike due to the extremely steep and rocky terrain. However, the views were fantastic, Patagonia-like, and we are now showered and relaxed, awaiting a home-cooked meal in an off-grid mountain…
“I see a spoon!”
(Our typical conversation while we try to determine if it’s a meal time or just coffee, beer, or wine time.) Today we rolled into Vitoria (Gastiez in Basque) at 2pm, just in time for the taco lunch menu to open, wahoo! 🙏 We have also nailed the dinner times on the dot the last 2…
Okay — I have you bookmarked and am eager to follow your adventures!
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As a recovering engineer, I’m equally fascinated by the planning, preparations, and logistics and the actual experience itself. Your failure mode analysis is especially inspiring, as the impacts of certain failure scenarios could be severe. Your adventures are epic memory-makers, and this is going to raise the bar even further. We are going to enjoy following along. May the wind be at your back.
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Devan: I started following this latest blog a couple of months ago and have passed along links to many folks including many BU students. Some folks seem especially interested because of your alum status here at Binghamton. Thanks for all you do…..
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