Chased by a bison
It started as a beautiful day. It had snowed in the morning and cleared up early in the afternoon. This was the moment I said goodbye to Lois in Watson Lake. Packed and with full loaded panniers I went cycling…
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Adventures
The mysterious box
A sign indicated that the next resting area would be another two kilometers. A rest area is a snow-free parking lot with one or two toilet cabins and some waste bins. You see them every 25 to 50 kilometers along…
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The aurora, Canada and a host, or not?
Early in the morning I was awakened by Vlasios, who was watching videos with geopolitical discussions on an old laptop. I lay on a bare mattress in my sleeping bag liner and a pair of rolled-up down pants for a…
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Kindness from Jimmy
“Would it fit!?” Yelled Jade, cramming my bags into the side of her jeep in her t-shirt and open jeans. “It’ll be fine!” I yelled back, worrying that Jade wouldn’t get hypothermic, I gave the back of my bike a…
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On a bike over the Dalton Highway in temperatures of below -40°C
One of the truckers at Coldfoot Camp called after me at the start: “That’s going to be a chilly ride!” I didn’t expect that the start of my journey on the Dalton Highway would be my toughest leg of cycling…
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Arrival in Fairbanks, Alaska
Upon arrival at Fairbanks in Alaska, I immediately cycled to Billie’s Backpackers Hostel. I had imagined a somewhat different start than actually happened. I didn’t expect to be completely exhausted. Whether I caught a flu or all the hustle and…
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Cycle-tour kit list for cycling in extreme winter conditions
In December I hope to travel to Alaska and cycle there with quite a bit of equipment It’s going to be a tuff winter journey and the conditions are very challenging. A good bike and gear are absolutely necessary. In…
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Winter survival: a guide to cycling and sleeping in extreme cold weather
In this article I share my research in extreme winter survival by bike. This is a preparation for the bike ride I’ll soon be undertaking in Alaska and Canada and the idea is to be able to cycle and sleep in…
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A cycling journey through North America
At the moment I’m preparing a challenging cycling journey. By the end of this year I hope to start cycling in wintery Alaska where temperatures fluctuating between -10°C and -40°C. This idea didn’t just drop from the sky. At the…
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Bikepacking in the Ardennes
I talked with a man in Belgium. His hair was gray and he walked along a river with a little dog. He told me that the Dutch minister of public health is actually much too young to be in that…
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