The Endless Trail
Adventure enduro is the perfect discipline. Long rides in the wild, across continents on small trails, seeking the elusive immaculate line and exploring the forgotten places of the world. Riding out is a step into chaos and the outcome will remain a mystery until the end. It is an escape from ordinary life, where one does not run into wild bears, camp at abandoned nuclear missile bases or wake up staring at the business end of an AK47 in the middle of the night.
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The Crimson Trail 2017
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The Crimson Trail 2016
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Into the Carpathians
The Crimson Trail continued from Kiev towards the Ukrainian Carpathians. We were both pretty done with the North European Plain, [...]
Pushing East
The Crimson Trail kicked off last Thursday and after three days and 900 km of slab we crossed the [...]
Running from a race drone…and crashing
I've been a fan of the Garmin VIRB action cameras due to their usability and the new VIRB Ultra 30 marked [...]
The Crimson Trail continues
It's been a while, but the third day of the Crimson Trail is now live. View it here.
The Crimson Trail – Ride journals started
The Crimson Trail ride journals are finally rolling out. There's a lot of catching up before the final leg begins in early [...]
The Crimson Trail 17 – Ashes of empires
Another season begins after a less than perfect one just ended. What a relief. It feels as if a veil of [...]
That’s a wrap
I flew back to Romania last Sunday and found the 500 in full working order where I had left it [...]
Headed back to Romania
The recovery after the tumble in Romania has been going pretty well and I'm headed back on Sunday. If all [...]
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We rollin’
As promised, the mechanic had gotten right into repairing our van in the morning. The faulty driver side rear wheel bearing was replaced and our expedition vehicle is now rolling south silky smooth. Or at least as silky as a [...]
Still in Latvia
We showed up at the garage this morning this as requested, but unfortunately did not have other news, except that the mechanic was not there yet and that the part would arrive in the afternoon, after which the van [...]
Unexpected downtime
The first hurdle We had just passed the Latvian border, when the van was filled with an ominous sounds. It was immediately clear that it was not good. Surely enough, when we pulled over to investigate, the rear left [...]
Prometheus 19 has begun
A race to the south The expedition kicked off yesterday, when my buddy Juho arrived with his van from the cold north. As soon as the bikes were packed we headed to overnight at a friend's place north of [...]
The ultralight adventure enduro
KTM 500 EXC ultralight The previous build of my KTM 500 EXC ticked many boxes for adventure enduro, but it seemed that there were more levels to discover in ultralight adventure enduro. [...]
Prometheus 19 – Seeking giants in the Caucasus mountains
PROMETHEUS Seeking giants in the Caucasus Mountains After spending three seasons in the Balkans, working on the Crimson Trail, I was thirsting for new terrain. The Caucasus Mountains had been on [...]