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New Zealand: Bikepacking the Motu/Pakihi & Moerangi Tracks

December 23, 2020
By Mark Watson
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Cycling Caps & Masks

August 16, 2020
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Long Distance Bikepacking with the Otso Voytek

April 13, 2020
By Mark Watson

Andes Bikepacking Gear List (Updated April 2020)

April 7, 2020
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Argentina/Chile: Trevelin – Coyhaique via Paso Las Pampas

April 5, 2020
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Argentina: Lago Puelo – Trevelin

March 30, 2020
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Chile/Argentina: Puerto Varas – Lago Puelo via Paso Puelo/Bolson

March 10, 2020
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Chile: Santiago, a riot of a time!

March 1, 2020
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Argentina/Chile: Mendoza – Santiago via Paso Portillo de Piuquenes

February 29, 2020
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Argentina/Chile: Pircas Negras, Paso de Agua Negra & Cerros de Mendoza

February 12, 2020
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The Pinnacles, Coromandel Forest Park. These were The Pinnacles, Coromandel Forest Park. These were taken before we left Tauranga to ride to Lyttelton, but now that we have a base again I'm finally catching up on more photo editing! The Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk) is a deservedly popular North Island classic which we did as a cruisy overnighter. It was great to head up there with a couple of Lyttelton visitors @bridgethola & @katie_pieeeee 🌞
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#kauaerangakauritrail #pinnacles #coromandelforestpark #hikingnewzealand #trampingnewzealand #ig_nz #sunsetlight #purenewzealand #newzealandadventures
Another little chapter in our ride south from Taur Another little chapter in our ride south from Tauranga to Christchurch was the famous Bridge to Somewhere.
🚴 From Whangamomona on the FWH it's possible to detour from the main road onto the old Whangamomona road and ride through to this 1930s bridge. The road is slowly losing the battle with nature as it subsides into the river valley, but in the dry months it still makes a good MTB/adventure touring route.
🚴 The bridge is the 'companion' span to the more famous Bridge to Nowhere in Whanganui National Park. These bridges were built to service farming communities  established by returned servicemen after the world wars, except that the land proved too rugged and untenable, and was by and large abandoned. After the bridge remote gravel and pavement links you back through to FWH. 
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#forgottenworldhighway #whangamomona #bridgetosomewhere #bikepack #bikepacking #otsovoytek #mudwhatmud?  #newzealandadventures 
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Trail Angels, Trampers & Conservationists (among a Trail Angels, Trampers & Conservationists (among a great many other things) Whiona and Whin at their Whio Whio Hut. After very nearly (but not quite) meeting these two for the first time back when I was walking the #teararoatrail back in 2015, Hana and I finally met them at their abode in Palmerston North where they run NZ's coolest urban 'hut'. Styled in the classic DOC fashion, this backyard dwelling is providing shelter in the city for legion hikers and bikers now. Check it out @whiowhiohut 
Fiona and Anthony were walking NOBO on TA at the same I was SOBO but ended that leg of their journey at Ships Cove just a couple days before I arrived. 
🙏 So great to share a wine with you guys and thanks for the shelter and chats! 
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#shelterfromthestorm #whioforever #whiowhiohut #trailangels
Lunch in Marton. . . . #bikepack #bikepacking #ont Lunch in Marton.
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Whangamomona. A classic bit of rural pioneering hi Whangamomona. A classic bit of rural pioneering history on the Forgotten World Highway (Taumaranui - Stratford). If you pass through make sure to stop at the history packed pub & hotel. The publican is a nice & helpful guy too with good info on back road conditions and access. 
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#whangamomonaroad #forgottenworldhighway #bikepack #bikepacking #newzealandadventures #ig_nz 
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A few scenes from the Waikato/King Country region A few scenes from the Waikato/King Country region and Forgotten World Highway. It was a lot of fun rediscovering this region of New Zealand, some of which we'd not visited for over 25 years. In places it reminded us a lot of rural Chile! 
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#forgottenworldhighway #bikepacking #exploretocreate #exploretheworld #travelnewzealand #biketocamp #cycletravel #cycletouring #ontheroad #waikato #bikepack
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A few shots from the classic Forgotten World Highw A few shots from the classic Forgotten World Highway which links Taumaranui and Stratford in the North Island of New Zealand. Although much of this back country road is paved these days, there are some good gravel (or 4WD) alternatives that rejoin the route, and it offers quiet riding through some iconic NZ scenery and history. 
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#forgottenworldhighway #bikepacking #cycletouring #travelbybike #biketocamp #lifeofadventure #explorenewzealand #purenewzealand #ig_nz #ownbackyard
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Bikepacking life on the Timber Trail 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴
Sorry to be so slack on the IG end of things - we've been too busy riding and catching up with friends now that we're back home in Lyttelton, New Zealand. It's great to be here and we'll be posting more from our five week ride through New Zealand soon, we promise ;-)
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#timbertrail #jungleride #bikepacking #bikepacker #travelbybike #explorebybike #otsovoytek #revelatedesigns #wolftooth #ontheroad #newzealandadventure #biketocamp
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One of the features that make Timber Trail such a One of the features that make Timber Trail such a classic are the huge spans crossed by rideable swing bridges. Back when we first started mountain biking in the early 90s these foot bridges would often be old NZFS wire structures that were a total PIA to cross with a bike (there's a few still around on bike routes). The view of the forest canopy and the airy feeling of being way above the canyon is awesome 😍
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@jamienicolladventures on the classic Timber Trail @jamienicolladventures on the classic Timber Trail, Pureora Forest Park. 
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The mystical montane forest of the high point on t The mystical montane forest of the high point on the Timber Trail. What an amazing place 👌
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#bikepack #bike_travel #bikepacking #timbertrail #montaneforest #totara #exploretheworld #singletrack #aotearoanewzealand #kingcountry #mountainbiking
Here's some of the amazing native forest that you Here's some of the amazing native forest that you can experience riding the Timber Trail through Pureora Forest Park. Like the Whirinaki forests I mentioned a few posts back, this primary forest too was saved from loggers' chainsaws by activists who knew a precious thing when they saw it. There is so little of this forest left in the North Island now, it really is something to cherish. New Zealand's podocarp forests are my cathedrals. Enjoying them by bike? Even better!
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#bikepack #pureoraforest #timbertrail #podocarp #bikepacking #explorebybike #aotearoanezealand #ig_nz #purenewzealand #exploretheworld #lifeofadventure #travelbybike #otsovoytek #cyclingadventure

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