Welcome to the latest edition of our bikepacking packing list for the Andes, South America, updated 2023/2024. We spent just over four years between 2016 and 2023 (we took a…
Mark WatsonDecember 17, 2023
Introduction Bikepacking is a new name for an old sport: multi-day mountain biking or dirt-road touring with an emphasis on travelling light and seeking adventurous routes. Ever since the late…
Mark WatsonNovember 12, 2018
Day 227: Krui - Bengkunet (50m) 96km. Flat and very quiet. Good narrow road. Day 228: Bengkunet - Pringsewu, 121km. Two 600m climbs (1500m total climbing). First through national park…
Mark WatsonJanuary 24, 2012
Day 219: Tapan - Mukomuko (20m) 70km. Flat and hot day with short, steep rollers at first. Day 220: Mukomuko - Seblat (30m) 147km. 885m total climbing on steep, rolling…
Mark WatsonJanuary 24, 2012
Day 215: Bukittinggi - Solok (375m) 78km. 250m climb and then a long descent past the lake to Solok. Day 216: Solok - near Surian (800m) 96km. 700m climb to…
Mark WatsonJanuary 11, 2012
Day 208: Danau Toba - Tarutung (905m) 95km. Rolling downhill with 400m total climbing. Day 209: Tarutung - Padang Sidempuan (300m) 112km. 1270m total climbing, mostly through jungly valleys and…
Mark WatsonDecember 19, 2011
Day 205: Ketambe - Kuta Buluh (700m) 111km. Rolling descent down river valley and then climb to Kuta Buluh. Approx 1000m total climbing. Quiet roads. Day 206: Kuta Buluh -…
Mark WatsonDecember 2, 2011
Day 202: Takengon - Lumut (440m) 89km. Nicely graded climb on good road then rolling descending on sometimes dirt roads. Total 1485m climbing. Day 203: Lumut - Blengkjeren (875m) 73km.…
Mark WatsonNovember 30, 2011
Cycling Northern Sumatra's Highlands At 5am the sound of the alarm penetrates my dreams and tells me it's time to get up. I rise and walk, stiff kneed, to the…
Mark WatsonNovember 27, 2011
