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Arctic Monkeys @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery

05.05.2018

Half-Baked Adventures … That’s what my adventure company would be called if I ever got around to starting one.

Cycling and climbing have been a way of life for me for almost a decade now, although I only started long-distance bike touring a few years ago. My first bike tour was in the summer of 2012: a few good friends and I made our own panniers out of some army surplus bags and spent a few weeks romping around the Colorado high country on whatever bikes we had.

Needless to say, I was hooked on the freedom and simplicity of it all. One part backpacking, one part road trip … thrown together on two wheels, it equals pure bliss.

After college, I went on “The Big One:” a 10-month cycling trip from California to Brazil for the 2014 Fifa World Cup. This epic was complete with the highest highs, the lowest lows, a sunken sailboat voyage, a pet chicken, and a float down the Amazon River.

All that was missing was the rock climbing.

So in 2015, after a successful summer of working on the backcountry trail crew in Carbondale, the daunting thought of finding a winter job and paying for housing in expensive mountain towns arose.

I thought, I could always head south for the winter …

From North to South… a very long country in the world… And one of the most beautiful places on earth… Ocean, Mountains, Snow, Fields, Ice, Sky, Desert, Volcanoes, Valleys, Islands, Rivers, Big Cities, Amazing people and heaven on earth…

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