Inevitable purple lead fog over Thompson Pass and the river like liquid concrete rebounding across the canyon walls. And then another side, conical leaning peaks, glacier spark into clear water.
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Category: Touring on a Pugsley
Alaska postcard
Childs glacier, blue groaning snapping roaring incandescence and a secluded campsite on the opposite side of a river churning with floating ice and deadfall.
Alaska postcard
Live recording from the Hope Cafe.
Alaska postcard
Already more chats with strangers than one ordinarily has in a week in New England unless you go insisting, easily preluded outside an Anchorage downtown diner, “those are some massive tires, like a monster truck!” […]
Fat bike to AK
I’ve decided to take the Pugsley fat bike. A nothing exotic build on a 2010 Surly Pugsley; Grip king pedals; Old Man Mountain Cold Springs rear rack; Rivendell (Nitto) Mark’s front rack with 350mm mounting […]
Alaska route
A bit later in the summer I’ll be heading out on a seven week cycle tour of Alaska (route in red).