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The Final Ride - Conexion Oyon, Peru
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The Final Ride - Conexion Oyon, Peru
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Just over 4000km completed so far, with only 290km and 6000m of climbing separating us from our gear we had sent ahead (and the main reason we had persevered on the route despite all the struggles. We had heard good things about this section, and hoped that we would be able to finish with a bang, and we certainly did as the last campsite was the best of the whole trip.

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Peru Great Divide Part Two - San Mateo to Oyon
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Peru Great Divide Part Two - San Mateo to Oyon
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The second of three stages on the Peru Great Divide. We go from San Mateo to Oyon, taking a detour so we can spend more time pushing and carrying our bikes, which the PGD sorely lacks.

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Peru Great Divide, Part One
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Peru Great Divide, Part One
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First part of the Peru Great Divide, from Huancavillica to Chilca

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Cusco and the Sacred Valley, Peru
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Cusco and the Sacred Valley, Peru
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Just a couple of weeks maxing and relaxing in Cusco and the Sacred Valley. No hardships, just sushi and Incan ruins.

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Mama Coca route report for Bikepacking.com
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Mama Coca route report for Bikepacking.com
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I got the opportunity to write a route report for the Mama Coca route, published on bikepacking.com.

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Videos
Ausangate Circuit, Peru
Ausangate Circuit, Peru

A circuit around Ausangate, one of Peru’s premier hiking areas, and also our favourite bit of riding on the trip so far. Beautiful.

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Tres Cordilleras Part 2, Peru
Tres Cordilleras Part 2, Peru

From the Bolivia-Peru border, battling pneumonia and snow days, we finally finished the Tres Cordilleras, over a week after we had hoped to.

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Tres Cordilleras Part 1 - Bolivia
Tres Cordilleras Part 1 - Bolivia

Riding north from Sorata into Peru, unfortunately a little waylaid by parties and landslides.

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Bolivian Andes part 2, The Mama coca route (north)
Bolivian Andes part 2, The Mama coca route (north)

Watch the section from La Paz to Sorata, through the Bolivian Andes, and taking in a circumnavigation of Illampu, one of Bolivias tallest mountains.

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Bolivian Andes Part 1, the Mama Coca Route
Bolivian Andes Part 1, the Mama Coca Route

Watch us ride the southern section of the Mama Coca route in Bolivia, from Oruro to La Paz, featuring our first hike a bike, and plenty of dogs.

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Showcasing Michael Jordan’s photography, and documenting bikepacking travels with Lauren Raywood.

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View fullsize The final 290km of our ride, from Oyon to Huaraz. We saved the best campsite for last, high on a ridge at 4900m with 360deg of mountains around us. Worthy of our last glimpse of the Andes. It was a tough but rewarding section, but the highlight of
View fullsize After receiving a tipoff in Cusco, we detoured off the main Peru Divide route down a parallel valley, with more pushing and carrying which was much more our style. After getting caught in a thunderstorm as we pushed over the pass and sheltering for
View fullsize More of the Peru Great Divide, from the town of Laraos to Marcopumacocha. Nothing else to say really.
View fullsize Some photos from the first few days of the Peru Great Divide, starting from Huancavillica and heading north. Truth be told, our motivation for this route was quite low - after Ausangate and some time in Cusco we felt like we had accomplished everyt
View fullsize After Ausangate and Tres Cordilleras, we took nearly 3 weeks exploring Cusco and the Sacred Valley, eating everything we could and nerding out on Incan stonework. After a few days in Cusco, we set out for the Sacred Valley, following @highluxphoto si
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