The week before we arrived in Iceland there was snow banked high against houses and fences in Reykjavik, but over the last few days it has been above freezing with some rain in and around the capital city. This has affected our plans. In the east, where we arrived, the land was blanketed with snow […]
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Introduction to Breaking the Cycle – Iceland
This will be the second of the series of preparatory expeditions for my Antarctic crossing, planned for the end of this year. I am drafting this on the three-day car ferry from Denmark to Iceland, which is currently docked in Torshavn, Faroe Islands! With me is Mike Brailey and his son, Tristan, who will be […]
Some questions from the 4th Graders at Chula Vista Elementary
Before the Baja expedition, I spoke to the 4th Graders at Chula Vista Elementary in San Diego. They were following the expedition and after came up with a few questions. It would be great if other classes can think of some questions to ask me. Next I will be speaking to students at the International […]
Final post for Breaking the Cycle Baja Divide
Date – 4th March Distance – 45km Total distance – 1713km After a day off in La Paz, we took a 25-hour bus trip back to Tijuana and then rode across the USA/Mexico border and 45km back to where we were staying in San Diego. The bus trip was the least fun part of the […]
Catavina to Guerrero Negro
18th – 20th February Distance – 236km Total Distance – 922km The rest day in Catavina was definitely needed. As well as rest, it was a chance to catch up on communications and revise our plan for reaching La Paz. Day 13 I still wasn’t 100%, but I was feeling much better. We set off […]
El Rosario – Guayaquil – Catavina
16th – 17th February Distance – 124km Total distance – 686km Day 10 El Rosario was a good centre for us to make a pit stop; good hotel and restaurant so we could catch up and clean up. The plan from here is to ride down the main road and catch up time. With 15 […]
Nueva Odisea – Rosario…feeling cactus!
14th – 13th February Distance – 80km Total Distance – 562km Day 8 It was great to wake to the sounds of waves breaking on the beach behind us. We returned to Nuevo Odisea to stock up for what was to be a challenging two day ride through high back country tracks through the renowned […]
Ojos Negros to Ejido Erendira
10th/11th February Distance – 127km Total Distance – 338.4km We hadn’t been able to get or BGAN satellite device to work, despite understanding how to work it, and WiFi in Ojos Negros was poor and intermittent. Eventually I managed to get an email through to Ground Control from whom I had hired it, and it […]
A Challenging Start
San Diego – Tecate – Ojos Negros 7th – 9th February Total Distance 202km It took longer that we thought to make a start, mainly because it was a major jigsaw puzzle to work out how to pack everything into all the various bags and ensure they are balanced on our bikes. It was midday […]
Breaking the Cycle Greenland… never mind the weather
The Nordlandair flight from Akureyri, Iceland’s northerly capital, just below the Arctic Circle, to Constable Point in Northeast Greenland, about 71 degrees N, was spectacular. The Greenland coast was fringed by kilometres of fragmenting sea ice, gradually dispersing into the North Atlantic.
