Back in May of this year, Kelly McGarry and I travelled to Peru with our good friend Justin Olsen along to document the trip. We spent 10 days traveling and riding our bikes, raced the
Inca Avalanche finishing a respectable 5th (Porter) and 7th (Kelly) place, and visited a remote community to see how they lived and help improve their infrastructure a bit. We learned a lot, met a lot of amazing people, and had a great time. Here is our story by way of photos, captions, and video. Enjoy!
This was a trip that we will never forget. More than anything it made us appreciate what we have that we may take for granted; access to schools, clean drinking water, consistent power supply, seatbelts, etc. The Peruvian people are so generous and welcoming, and happy with what that have. I can't wait to return to Peru for another visit in the years to come!
A huge thanks goes out to the sponsors of this trip for making it happen -
Kenda Tires,
Diamondback Bikes,
Clif Bar,
Goal Zero, and
Backcountry.com. We also couldn't have done this trip without our friends KB at
KBPeru.com and Alistair at
Gravitybolivia.com.
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That's Koki... Who knows? Maybe one day I'll recognize his name in the Tour de France.
Certainly not just the US, probably the whole "western" countries I'd say.
Nice report with very nice pics.
He even looks like he's riding a kids bike. Love that guy since Drop In series... but this right here still has to be the best picture of him: www.pinkbike.com/photo/8701524/?s5
Stop it, it's just ridiculous. A solar pannel to load a lantern for a whole village, it's just useless.
Cheasy tale for simple minds.