#bikepacking

Having a pedal-powered bicycle which can carry everything you need to survive allows you to go places nobody else can get to on foot or in a motorized vehicle. ▶️ 3Speak

Kafka said something in the lines of: “When you live you don’t write.” I picked up that sentence in my last year of high school. Somewhere in between a lot of books I didn’t feel like reading. I certainly

The patterns always repeat themselves. I can see it almost literally. The beginning is always difficult, it takes time to arrive into anything new. I start to remember why I do this, for those fragile

8:29 in the morning I am sitting in an armchair, my laptop on my knees. When I peak through the windows I see immense mountains in every direction. With their majestic energy they reach high up into the

70k solo training! What's up friends I hope you are well today we continue sharing with you this training that was the first with the change of chainring, if I finally put go to 38 chainring and now I

Preparing for 180 km! I started training this February 22 to go in good conditions to my first event of more than 100k since I have never participated in an event of such magnitude and for me it is something

The Return! We returned again to hive this beautiful community where I started writing, to tell my day to day experiences, mechanics and many things more of which it had been a long time since I wrote

My body is tired my mind wide awake as I push my bike out of the trees on to the top of the hill. Bright light and a sea of fog beneath me, the sun didn’t rise yet. I lean my bike against the bench I had

In the myst of a late morning I leave Eva’s Home. The fire had been already burning in the stove when I got down into her kitchen, the smell of coffee unfolding in the air. Our conversations are still

On a sunny and cold November-morning I leave my four walls and my bed behind, again. Instead I sit on my fully packed bike manoeuvring through this towns hectic morning traffic. “Indeed maybe one day I

Namaste Hivers! Today I’m excited to share my bike packing experience to the beautiful and serene Prashar Lake. About Prashar Lake: Prashar Lake is a beautiful high-altitude lake located in the Mandi district

In front of me I can see the road going up in endless serpentines. Suddenly I have to assume, the two hours of climbing I had done previously haven’t been part of the real thing. It is still all in front

Just cycled up 1500meters, because I didn’t have a better idea what to do with this day. Now I am unable to move any further. I sit in a little shed full of fire wood which doesn’t protect me from the

How many days can you fit into 24hours? Morning view on a banana tree and a huge mountain in the background. Sleeping above the cows eating their cheese for dinner. Endless conversations over fresh bread

After an amazing week in Split it was time to say goodbye. It was so nice to finally put some faces to all the people I've been interacting with on the Hive blockchain over the last years. I'm not sure

“Are you sure you want to go up there with the bike?” asks the first person coming down the mountain. And the second, and the next one too. “How do they mean: ‘if I am sure’?” I wonder. As I am in the

Day 4 - Novi Vinodolski - Drage The day began under a heavy sky, the early light struggling to break through the thick clouds hanging over Novi Vinodolski. As I mounted my bike, there was an undeniable

After two days of cycling, todays journey (should) lead me from Trieste to Rijeka, a ride that would push me to my limits in ways I hadn't expected. The day started early, the Adriatic glistening beside

Today I started leg two of my journey. After having breakfast I started at around 8am from Tarvisio. The plan was to head all the way to Trieste. The first part, down the valley, was slightly downhill

As already mentioned briefly in my post in the morning, I am biking to HiveFest. At least that's the plan. Today I started from Tyrol (AT), taking a little shortcut to Lend by train, where my bike journey