Through Hell and Cold Water: A Bikepacking Misadventure

After an arduous climb pushing our bikes loaded with camping gear up a surprisingly steep gravel road in the hot June sun, the four of us took a much-needed break leaning against a logging company’s Caterpillar excavator parked for the weekend. Once we’d started pedaling about four hours earlier, the beginning of our bikepacking trip had gone surprisingly smoothly, even including a section of unexpectedly paved road. While the sudden monument of a hill had quickly ended the breeziness of the expedition, we didn’t realize that we were only beginning an onslaught of difficulties to come…

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