In everyday Andean cycling life, when buying groceries or checking into a guest house, say, we have the same conversations over and over again. Where are you from? Where have you come from? How are your tyres? (This comes up…
Because it’s there: Cycling Uturuncu
There’s nothing we find quite so irresistible as a high Andean road. Add in the possibility of continuing on foot to a 6000m summit and it’ll soon weasel its way onto our ‘To Do’ list. Which is why we’ve had…
Back in Bumpy old Bolivia
This wasn’t our first visit to Bolivia’s inhospitable Sud Lipez region. As true Gringo Trailers eleven years ago we zoomed through on a four day jeep tour. Then, in 2010, we pedalled through with a sense of awe. The ‘Lagunas’…
Ups and downs in the Yungas, La Paz, Bolivia – 3/9-1/10/10
After three months on the altiplano we were missing trees, so decided to head east and down to the Yungas. First we had to cross Abra Tres Cruces, a magnificently placed pass cutting straight through the snow covered rocky peaks of the Tres Cruces range.…
Acotango (6,071m) – Departamento de Oruro, Bolivia
After climbing Sajama we thought we may as well try the fourth 6,000er in the park – Acotango. We’d heard it was an easier climb than the other three, so decided to cycle to base camp and climb it on…