by admin | Jan 27, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
“McNuff! There are four boys in our room, and they smell!” It’s 10pm and I’m making my way home across the city of Santiago, when a message from Faye pops up on my phone. I’ve just left a lovely wine and bolognese session with one of my best friend’s Emma. Emma is...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
Faye looks up from her phone: ‘We have eighty eight switchbacks to take on today Anna! Eighty eight!!!’ Her eyes are aglow with all the wonder of a child on a Christmas morn. PART 1 When researching the border crossing between Argentina and Chile, we discovered that...
by admin | Jan 7, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
Today will be all about going uphill, we know that much. We must drag both bodies and bikes from 650m above sea level and up to 3,200m. It’s been a few weeks since we’ve been that high and we’re both eager to get some altitude burn back in our lungs,...
by admin | Jan 5, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
‘Girls! Girls! Don’t go down that road, it’s dangerous!’ We are stood over our bikes on the outskirts of Mendoza, when a man in his late twenties on a white and green motorbike dices with death and swerves around oncoming traffic to accost us, and bring us...
by admin | Dec 31, 2016 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
“JU-LI-O! JU-LI-O! JU-LI-O!’ we chant in unison as Julio the hero waves, gets into his car and drives off, leaving us beaming, and alone once again at the roadside. We’d decided to go lady-balls deep today. To make a push to arrive in San Juan earlier than expected...
