Medellín to Ushuaia.
Medellín → Otavalo → Cuenca → Huaraz → Cuzco → La Paz → Santiago → Ushuaia. Roughly following the Andean spine.
The most recent days on the bike. Running totals are live on the map above.
| Day | Date | Ending location | Distance | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134 | Oct 13 | Municipio Comanche, Bolivia | 71.7 km | 940 m |
| 126 | Oct 5 | Municipio Nuestra Señora de La Paz, Bolivia | 54.3 km | 332 m |
| 125 | Oct 4 | Batallas, Bolivia | 93.6 km | 932 m |
| 123 | Oct 2 | Copacabana, Bolivia | 77.7 km | 480 m |
| 122 | Oct 1 | Amaru Muru Campsite, Perú | 70.6 km | 260 m |
| 103 | Sep 12 | Puno, Perú | 88.1 km | 454 m |
Planning notes and dispatches from the road.
I've crossed a lot of borders on this trip, and most of them involve a grumpy border agent in a dimly lit building, a crooked stamp and a different color of currency. This one smelled like popcorn. And then, the highest capital city in the world handed me a seat in the sky and gave me an emphatic “Buenos días!”
Read more →The remoteness of this route is unrelenting. The towns are tiny, the transport is sparse, the mountains are high, and the wind is cold. I go days with no phone signal or resupply. Hours awake in my sleeping bag because it’s the only warm place after the sun goes down.
Read more →“Useless language.” Useless for what? For the economy the colonizer built, in the language the colonizer brought, judged by the standard the colonizer set. "Lengua inútil." ¿Inútil para qué? Para la economía que construyó el colonizador, en el idioma que trajo el colonizador, medida con el estándar que puso el colonizador.
Read more →Route planning, gear spreadsheets, and logistics notes. Updated as the trip takes shape.
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