Breaking the Cycle update: Salt pans, lakes and rugged tracks
EPISODE 6: 18th – 23rd MARCH | UYUNI TO LAKE COLORADO | TOTAL DISTANCE 1.227 KM Before leaving Uyuni, I hadn’t mentioned the reason for its existence – the railway. The town was established in 1893 when the railway line was built to link the nearby silver mines to the coast at Arica. From there it […]
Breaking the Cycle update: Lake Poopo and the heartland of the Altiplano
EPISODE 5: 13th- 17th MARCH | TURCO TO UYUNI | TOTAL DISTANCE 915 KM With Reza flying out of Uyuni, Toby, Rolando and I drove back to Turco, the town where I stopped cycling due to my illness. I was much better than the last few days, but feeling weak, still on antibiotics. I wasn’t really […]
Breaking the Cycle update: An adventure makes its own path
EPISODE 4: 9th – 12th MARCH | SAJAMA TO TURCO, UYUNI | TOTAL DISTANCE – 501 KM Originally I wrote this blog as a part of the previous blog, but then realised it was a bit too big, so I have cut it to make two blogs. PLAN C There was always a risk that we could […]
Breaking the Cycle update: Acotango and the Cholitas Escaladoras for International Women’s Day
EPISODE 3: 6th – 8th MARCH | ACOTANGO CLIMG, SAJAMA Day 7 we set aside for catching up on everything and organising our border crossing into Chile. Prior to starting the expedition, Rolando and I had done a lot of research to find out whether it would be possible to cross; I had to obtain a […]
Breaking the Cycle update: Cycling straight into the Andean culture, past and present
EPISODE 2: FEBRUARY 28th – MARCH 5th | LA PAZ TO SAJAMO VILLAGE | 372 KM I apologise for not sending a blog sooner but we have been having trouble with the satellite communications device for now. To see where the places I mention are, please check the tracking map: https://kateleeming.maprogress.com/andes_altiplano_atacama EL ALTO – TIAWANAKU | DAYS […]
Breaking the Cycle update: The Andes, the Altiplano and the Atacama 2022
EPISODE 1 Exactly two years ago, I arrived in Cusco, Peru, ready to begin my South American altitude cycling expedition, The Andes, the Altiplano and the Atacama. The plan was to pedal a winding 3500km path from Cusco, Peru to Ojos del Salado, the world’s highest volcano, that straddles the Argentinian and Chilean borders. Spanning over […]
Riese & Müller E-Bikes – power to the pedals
Engineered products bearing the claim made in Germany are often heavily burdened by customer expectations when considering quality of workmanship, durability and even a certain amount of prestige. So, when I was introduced to the e-bike manufacturer, Riese & Müller, in Germany, I wanted to exercise some diligence and learn more about the company, its owners […]
Riese & Müller Superdelite – expedition tested e-Bikes
I spoke to Denis Katzer, adventurer extraordinaire, about his long-distance experiences with the Riese & Müller Superdelite e-bike during. After your epic walk through the Australian desert with camels, Tanja and yourself turned to cycling as a way to further enhance your Big Journey. What encouraged you to consider e-bikes? We need to roll back […]
