Category: Bike Peru

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Fun weekend playing in the North Cascades of Washington. NE Buttress of Mount Goode. 2800ft of great rock climbing.

I made one final beach run from Puerto malabrigo to Pacasmayo. Was about 22 miles. The first 12 of which was desperately soft sand. Granny gear and walking. I don’t know if it was bad sand or just because it was closer to high tide. But it was brutal. Then things cleared up in the afternoon and it was beautiful beach riding for the last 8 Miles. Pacasmayo is an immensely pretty Beach City, but it not hold the charm of Puerto Malabrigo (aka Chicama). So I double back via bus and I think I’ll chill out in this famous surf town for a couple days. I’m a little tired of biking and getting bowled over by big waves on the beach. Even if the riding is spectacular.

14 days and so many miles. Happy to see a break from the pedaling. But will be sorry to end this chapter of the trip. Next up for us is some sedentary Beach life. Maybe we will learn how to surf. I’ll still post some pictures but less frequently. Coming home June 15th.

after a night in Santa Ana ‘s only hotel. Several mosquito bites and pillow less accomodations. We bolted early and started pedaling for the coast.

the climbing is brutal but the road is good. The high pass comes at about 10am.

back at 4700 meter sobre el Nivel del mar. Wow. Does this mean we have 15000ft of downhill riding over 65 km to the sea board. Chimbote, here we come!

but in the end we couldn’t make to the ocean in one day. We held up in a small town called Santa Ana. With so so nights sleep well try to finish this trip tomorrow.

one night in Caraz. On the rio santa. We could follow the river on a main highway but instead we opt for a marginal road that goes through the foothills climbing passes and following ridge lines for about 80km.

The route we picked climbs a whooping 9,000ft from the valley floor.

9grand in one day! Didn’t happen. Great camp spot, final good bye to the high mountains.

today we have a huge amount of elevation drop mostly on trails of varying quality. Next town we’re going to get to tonight is at 7,000 ft.

we have to push our bike for miles. Because the big rocks and the steep terrain doesn’t let us ride until we get about halfway down the trail.

Just a few miles of downhill riding and we arrive in the city of Caraz. That brings our trail riding in Peru to an end. Tomorrow will start another biking segment but all dirt roads. We actually have three good options to go from where we are now to the coast. One reasonable, one hard, one extremely hard. That choice will be made very soon, stay tuned! Any guesses…?