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Wow, so the last time I wrote anything on this blog was almost 1000 miles ago, whoops, sorry mum! I can’t help but chuckle as I read about formerly being proud of sleeping at 6000 feet. I’m currently in my tent at 10000 feet, in the town of Fairplay, Co. From the Big Hole Valley…

Leaving Missoula was difficult, not for any other reason than I had got too comfortable there. 1000 miles in, and my legs had started to feel it, but also, I felt insatiably hungry all the time and needed a rest to eat, drink and sleep. Having taken an extra rest day to do all of…

Riding up and over the first mountain pass of the trip, The Mackenzie Pass, at an elevation of 5325 feet, one can observe the stark difference in climate and landscape between western and eastern Oregon. Separated by the Cascade Mountains, the wet and fertile west coast morphs instantly into what is termed the “high desert”.…

After many months of intensive planning, mainly as a distraction activity from studying, I thought it would be a good idea to stop reading other people’s blogs and start writing one of my own. I am riding the TransAmerica Trail from west to east across America. Leaving my starting point of Astoria, Oregon, the first…