CLICK HERE TO WATCH EPISODE 11! This episode culminates our three-parter spanning a 130-mile ride through the El Camino del Diablo’s deep sand, sandy washes, and volcanic rocks. Including a rainstorm on the final day, which showcased the prowess of our KTM 500 EXC-Fs. The challenging off-road ride pushed me miles out of my comfort […]
CLICK HERE TO WATCH EPISODE 10! No One Told Me It Was THIS Tough! – Riding El Camino del Diablo, The Devil Highway (PART 2 OF 3) The 130-mile journey traversed varied terrains, primarily deep sandy washes and sharp volcanic rocks. No one told me it was going to be THIS tough! Yet, even the […]
CLICK HERE TO WATCH EPISODE NINE! Embarking on our first significant shakedown ride, we set our sights on riding Arizona’s infamous El Camino del Diablo, taking on the Devil Road. Gratitude, as much as relief, filled our hearts as our friends Beth and Ken joined the expedition, their Mercedes Sprinter van housing Floki, their loyal […]
Zion National Park, Utah “Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.” Edward Whymper nailed it in Scrambles […]
Woody’s Wheel Works, Colorado Roughly 1,000-killer-miles straight from Death Valley to Denver, we worked our cockadoodle guts to get there. But then our friend Woody is like L’Oreal, he’s worth it. A guy that can only be described with any real accuracy as Jack Nicolson meets Father Christmas. But first, it was a challenging test […]
On the sum total of four hours’ sleep, we ventured back from the Wave over to Jonny Hot’s house, encountered humility and hilarity in equal measures by him and his parents, before setting off on another strenuous hike. Was there no end to this boy’s bottomless pit of energy? Intent on breaking me, you can sleep […]
A throng of tourists milled around. It was your unusual untidy ragbag of a group, gaudy jumpers, open-throat shirts and creased clothing beneath a sea of excitable faces, a rainbow of complexions, all agog to peer down. One rather buff looking guy in a snug fitting t-shirt caught my eye and reminded me of Clive […]
Night had fallen with a crystalline clarity that made the chill intense. The stars seemed to press down in a way that I hadn’t seen before. The God of Winter was not about to relinquish its hard-won dominion without a tussle. Through the night, the rain froze on impact leaving the ground frigid outside the […]
An overnight pit stop in Joshua Tree National Park—a tent utopia as it goes—saw us once again ensconced in its ecological melting pot, lined by a jumble of stacked boulders and walls of imposing granite. The convergence of two great deserts: the Mojave and Colorado, blended together in a barbed landscape adorned in Sonoran flora and […]
The prospect of coming home after 33,000 miles through 21 countries on my motorcycle, was a welcomed and warranted one. Taking temporary leave from living out of panniers and a roll bag for two years short of a quarter—to being lavished in comfort at my mum’s house was beyond appealing—hand washing will only get you so […]