Chilean Tierra del Fuego: The warm fires of Gaucholandia
Tierra del Fuego, the land of fire, a far off island that has all too quickly became the ground beneath my tires. Although never anything more than just an exotic […]
Category Archives: Chile
Peachy, Beachy, Patagonian Business
Leah recently admitted to me that when we were arranging to meet up she thought I might be a touch deluded with my plans. A large hunk of my favorite […]
A towering Paine in the pampa
Chris Bonnington, Don Whillans, Dougal Haston, Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker and my hero Doug Scott, just a few of the men that made up the golden generation of British mountaineering. […]
Austral acceptance & a nod to ‘normality’
I have quickly learned the power of the Patagonian weather and its ability to gift the cowering traveler time. They said it couldn’t be done, but here it is, a post […]
Operation Austral Avoidance Pt.2: Valle de la Luna
Despite my best efforts I could only avoid the Carretera Austral for so long. Without ceremony the first stage of my avoidance route dumped me onto the highway in La […]
Operation Austral Avoidance Pt.1: Paso Las Pampas
It’s a fairly safe bet that if border officials have no idea what they’re doing then I’m in the right place. In this instance that place was the rustic two-track […]
A mishap and a mission: Riding to Futaleufú. Hitching to Puerto Montt
It seems to me that the patterns of all our lives are governed by cycles. The concept of seven year life cycles is a popular one and happens to be […]
Snaking south: A Lakeland adventure
Regular readers will know that I am not a fan of other people getting up inside my cycle space. I appreciate the complimentary thumbs up or cheerful toots from passing […]
Velo Freedom 