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After Huaraz, I had nothing else I really wanted to achieve in Peru. I could have hopped a bus straight to Ecuador, but there was a friend from Saskatoon I intended to visit. She had flown to Colombia with her bike and was bikepacking down through the Andes towards Lima. Finding a time and place
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“Climbing may be hard, but it’s easier than growing up.” – Ed Sklar Introduction After leaving Arequipa I returned to Lima, and got out as quick as I could. The real destination was Huaraz, a place I had never heard of until I googled “places to climb SA”. My body had grown soft and supple
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“This is a bad idea, this is a bad idea, this is a bad idea.” – Reid, crossing Plaza De Armas in Arequipa Introduction When I first went to Arequipa, I had plans to continue south. I was planning to go to Puno and Lago Titicaca, La Paz to cycle the death rode and down
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Like Taking Candy From a Baby. – Owner of the Silva Ica (Likely) To Arequipa With a great Christmas under my belt, I bought a ticket for the next destination: Arequipa. Stoked out of my mind to begin some climbing and find new friends to do so with. I left with a Quebec friend who
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What are the odds you stay in Buenos Aires forever? – Reid, trying to sewer Andrew’s life Our last post described the circumstances leading to our trip into BA. We were making steps to keep a positive outlook, but the first night really tested our patience. The guidebook described Hostel Estoril as “one of the
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Would you just look at that! – Reid, upon first sighting of waterfall Arriving in Foz do Iguacu was a breath of fresh air. The intense Sao Paulo atmosphere was exchanged for much more laid back feeling. We stayed a day at the Tetris Container Hostel, which is a super cool eco hostel made from
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“I thought I’d miss mom more, but I am thriving. This is my version of moving out to find myself.” – Gus Introduction Do you ever feel like weeks are passing like days? Day/night cycles slip together and suddenly you are far removed in time from where you started? Does it feel like the only
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“This post is gonna be like a vingette episode” – Reid, On The Nature of This Post Introduction As I crossed into Colombia from Ecuador I was blissfully unaware that just two weeks later that very border would be closed. The world was still mine and I was finally ready to make a plan for
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“There are two types of companies – those that work to raise prices, and those that work to lower them.” – Jeff Bezos, creator and owner of the Amazon Introduction I arrived in Riobamba, ready to get high off of the fresh mountain air. I have so many experiences to write here – hiking on
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“Wow no way, it’s called Ecuador and it’s on the Equator? Seriously, what are the odds?” – Some Idiot, Sometime, Presumably The Ecuadorian border was the easiest crossing I think I have ever had, bags were not even checked, let alone sniffed by dogs. This disappointed me greatly, as I had turned down a highly
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Reid, Andy and 12.6 Million of Our Closest Friends Our plans to sleep on an overnight bus were fine in theory, but disappointing in practice. Brazilian AC is a marvel of modern engineering; somehow the air is piped directly from the lower Antarctic and delivered straight to your face. Its impressive to be sure, but
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Dark and tan and young and lovely, the boys from Ipanema go walking… – Tom Jobin On November 5, Andrew and myself awoke to a beautiful Saskatchewan -10C. We went to a large building, entered a metal tube, and emerged to find that it was November 6, 29C and extremely humid. This was seen by
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Time to let people know whats up — Reid, 2019 The only person that is going to reliably read this blog is my Aunt Gloria. Not my mother. Not my grandmother. Not my best friend. In fact, I anticipate not much reading of this blog outside of my Aunt Gloria, bless her soul. This however,
Where is Reid? 