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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Moroccan Black Hole Turkey Tour. Day 1, As-salamu alaykum.
I had visited Morocco earlier, in the winter of 2011-2012. Back then we were mostly 4x4 offroading and mountain biking, [...]
Fall Dirt 13. Day 5 / 496 km. An abrupt finish.
I woke up early after sleeping restlessly. I packed up my stuff and waited for the breakfast buffet to open. [...]
Fall Dirt 13. Day 4 / 673 km. Various obstacles and unexpected shortcuts.
I woke up just before the break of dawn. I crawled out of my sleeping and lit some candles for [...]
Fall Dirt 13. Day 3 / 504 km. New friends and wet trails.
I woke up at 0700 and relit the fire for heat and lighting. These classical wilderness habitats are very dark [...]
Fall Dirt 13. Day 2 / 529 km. Long awaited crossings.
I woke up to my alarm at 0650. The countryside outside was passing by my window in darkness. I noted [...]
Fall Dirt 13. Day 1 / 7 km. Rolling with the iron rooster.
This was technically the first day of Fall Dirt 13. Despite the fact that I only rode seven kilometers. From [...]
The Arctic Dirt Tour 2013. The postmortem.
The Arctic Dirt Tour 2013 was just another ride. I like to give them names, print T-shirts and the lot. [...]
Arctic Dirt Tour 13. Day 10 / 1728 km. The longest day.
I woke up very early. Up here the sun stays up for most of the night so it was blazing [...]
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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 slumber is rising, as the world is once again a stream of gear coming and going, maps pinned on walls [...]
Polish beauty
More pics from last weekend in Poland.
Loving Poland
We enjoyed fantastic fall colours and near perfect weather in Poland during the weekend. Here's Derek rolling on a leaf covered derelict road on his 690.
A weekend in Poland
The bike's more or less packed for another day or two on the Polish trails. Heading out first thing in the morning.
That’s a wrap
I flew back to Romania last Sunday and found the 500 in full working order where I had left it at Hostel La Gruber in Rosia Montana. The trail started on Tuesday with an all orange crew; Jon Into The [...]
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 goes well The Crimson Trail continues on Monday in very good company.