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“Aren’t you afraid to bike alone, as a woman?” I probably get asked this question, in some form, every week. When I’m traveling alone, I sometimes get asked every day ...
I woke up to the sound of something rustling around on the piece of Tyvek I use in the vestibule of my tent. I opened my eyes and peered through ...
There are people who do their laundry a few hours before they remember they have a flight, and there are people who pack six days in advance. These two people ...
In November of 2020, with the pandemic raging and winter looming, I felt trapped. There were no long bike trips on the horizon, and the next few months would be ...
Though my breathing was labored just going up the stairs, my body didn’t feel rested, and I worried about the mountainous Andean ascent that loomed ahead, I was ready to ...
I will never forget my first big existential crisis about the origin of “things.” I was on a farm in Central America, run by a couple who grew coffee on ...
Mikah Meyer first made a name for himself by becoming the first person to visit all 419 National Park Service sites. He’s also run across the states of Minnesota and ...
On January 9, 2020, I felt like I was on top of the world, or the bottom, as I had just reached Ushuaia, Argentina, after two and a half years ...
Not everyone has a solid group of bike touring friends. In fact, I don’t think any one of my friends even knows what bike touring is. I first heard of the ...
What better way to break in a new bike than to say, “Hey, let’s cycle 350 miles across several states and try bikepacking for the first time”? That’s exactly what ...