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6 Years with my Lunar Solo by Andrei Turró

6 Years with my Lunar Solo by Andrei Turró

Before I started bikepacking in 2015 I had been camping and spending nights in the woods during several weekends during my late teens. I had slept on the ground under a cotton canvas tarp, in lean-...

Bike packing for bikepacking by Andrei Turro

Bike packing for bikepacking by Andrei Turro

I have been bikepacking since 2014 and my trips have been from the Artic Wilderness to the countless Natural Parks and trail networks of Finland, exploring countries like Cuba, Israel, Croatia, Ita...

Jim Sutherland's 7 Favorite Backpacking/Bikepacking Foods

Jim Sutherland's 7 Favorite Backpacking/Bikepacking Foods

This piece1, (Scottish readers will get that pun) is about what I have learned to use and enjoy from over thirty years of Backpacking and Bikepacking.  I hope that readers find that it is about var...

Jim Sutherland's Fundraising Bikepacking Trip from Land's End to John o'Groats - Part 3

Jim Sutherland's Fundraising Bikepacking Trip from Land's End to John o'Groats - Part 3

I left Braco at 8:00am after a wonderful stay where we all agreed to try to keep in touch and see one another again sooner.  With some careful navigation I managed not a Golden Hour but a Golden Fo...

Jim Sutherland's Fundraising Bikepacking Trip from Land's End to John o'Groats - Part 2

Jim Sutherland's Fundraising Bikepacking Trip from Land's End to John o'Groats - Part 2

I did as much as I could under canvas in the morning which meant that I was late in creeping away that morning.  Perhaps the 90 miles in high temperatures had something to do with that as well?  Th...

Jim Sutherland's Fundraising Bikepacking Trip from Land's End to John o'Groats - Part 1

Jim Sutherland's Fundraising Bikepacking Trip from Land's End to John o'Groats - Part 1

Left Bala Lake, Wales campsite with my family who were once again going to be left by me for much of the summer holidays.  I’m glad I caught the 1204 train from Chirk to Shrewsbury as there was a m...