A blog about one man, one bike and thousands of kilometres...
The second part of Canadian GDMBR has two options. There is an easy shortcut called "Fernie alternative" which is obviously voted for by Martin. And then there is the real deal called "Grizzly Highway". The name isn't just for fun -- the road passes through the area of supposedly highest bear ...
The first part of GDMBR route leads through grand sceneries of Canadian Rockies. This is said to be the best part of the Canadian section, we are, however, unlucky with the weather and get only a taste of what would be an amazing scenery ...
Without any good way of transporting our bikes to Banff, we decide to do a pre-GDMBR warmup by riding there from Calgary. And because Lake Louise isn't that far from Banff, I quickly decide on a two-day-ride detour to probably the Canada's most iconic lake - Moraine Lake.
June 28Getting ...
Set towards our goal of riding famous US & Canada Continental divide (i.e., mountains dividing watersheds between two different oceans) we first need to get to our starting place -- Calgary in Canada.
-- June 26
The adventure begins quite unceremoniously. We have to wake up 3:30am so that we ...
Almost two years ago I stood here with a bike packed inside a huge box and ready for a big unknown adventure in South America. Today, the situation is very similar. Except that there are two bike boxes, two backpacks (one of each belonging to my brother) and a plan ...