Chile
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Ruta Andina in Chile
Oh the humanity! Sensing an opportunity for immortality, Buff3y unpacks the bike and sets off up the A-135 desert road near the Peruvian border up towards the village of Putre (a 3,700 metre climb). Two days of climbing up this ugly little road and he is down to the last four litres of water and…
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Trans-South American Bicycling Route
While the team here reacquaint themselves with the manipulation of the various imaging software that has enabled us to provide readers of this blog with such a premium visual and interactive experience over the years, we will just have to make do with the amateur efforts below. Suffice that the map shows the planned route…
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Altiplano, Atacama and the Andes (December 2022)
After to disappointment felt by so many on the cancellation of the New Zealand ride due to COVID restrictions two years ago, Buff3y The Hardcore Adventure Cyclist now rides again! Yes, he is off to South America to get some serious high country bike touring done. The bicycle touring world is in a veritable tizz…
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Carratera Austral, Northern Patagonia
The Carretera Austral or Route 7 [formerly Carretera General Augusto Pinochet], is the road/highway running north/south through Chilean Patagonia. It is part dirt and part sealed but all beauty. Being the well-traveled and weller-experienced adventure cyclist that I am, of course, I have always considered the Karakorum Highway running from far western China south into…
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New Video: Peruvian Andes Biking
To mark the completion of The mountain passes of the Andes, here is a new video. You might recognise the music (‘El Caminante’) which is now the official anthem of my Pan-American bike ride.