Ride for Climate: The Americas

Date	Miles	From	To	Notes
11/5	44	Palo Alto	Coralitos
11/6	50	Coralitos	Monterey
11/7	10	Monterey	Monterey	Around town
11/8	38	Monterey	Salinas Valley
11/9	72	Salinas Valley	Panoche Valley	Last 25 miles after dark
11/10	90	Panoche Valley	Fresno	Easier to bike flats
11/11	30	Fresno	Almond Orchard	Started at 3:30pm
11/12	82	Almond Orchard	Blackwells Corner	Tailwind
11/13	68	Blackwells Corner	Ventucopa	Big climb at end
11/14	70	Ventucopa	Ventura	Big climb, bigdown hill
11/15	11	Ventura	Ventura	Around town
11/16	73	Ventura	West Los Angeles	Along the Coast
11/17	30	W. Los Angeles	W. Los Angeles	To Hollywood and back
11/18	0	Visiting Family	for the	Thanksgiving week
11/29	30	West Los Angeles	Long Beach	Cars
11/30	90	Long Beach	Encinitas
12/1	37	Encinitas	San Diego	To DMV and back
12/2	43	San Diego	San Diego	To school, DMV
12/10	35	San Diego	7 miles north of border

Total Miles in California: 853

Mexico

Date	Miles	From	To	Notes
12/11	69	Border	Villa de Juarez
12/12	27	Villa de Juarez	Ensendada
12/13	6	Ensenada	Ensendada
12/14	51	Ensenada	Near Heroes de la Independencia	uphill
12/15	84	Near Heroes	15 miles north of San Felipe	downhill
12/16	51	Near San Felipe	Between S. Felipe and Puertocitos
12/17	46	Between S. Felipe and Puertocitos	Just south of Puertocitos	road deteriorates
12/18	33	Just south of Puertocitos	Near Gonzaga	Dirt road, bumpy
12/19	37	Near Gonzaga	Near Chapala	Dirt road, uphill
12/20	87	Near Chapala	Near Jesus Maria	Ahhh...pavement, tailwind
12/21	43	Near Jesus Maria	Guerrero Negro
12/22	104	Guerrero Negro	A.V. Bonfil	¡andale!
12/23	33	A.V. Bonfil	Santa Rosalia
12/24	53	Santa Rosalia	Baia de Concepcion
12/25	78	Baia de Concepcion	Loreto	Merry Christmas
12/27	25	Loreto	A beach
12/28	71	A beach	C. de Constitucion
12/29	69	C. de Constitucion	El Cien
12/30	69	El Cien	La Paz	Canel 10 Noticias
1/10	10	Marina de Mazatlán	Bomberos (firemen) de Mazatlán	Stomache Ouch
1/11	30	Bomberos (firemen) de Mazatlán	Concordia
1/13	16	Concordia	Copala	All uphill, ok?
1/16	31	Copala	El Palmito	4,500 ft climb
1/17	47	El Palmito	Roadside	Espinazo del Diablo
1/18	35	Roadside	Llano Grande	road at 9,000+ ft
1/19	50	Llano Grande	Durango
1/21	83	Durango	Sombrerete	With Gregg and Brooks
1/22	68	Sombrerete	Fresnillo
1/23	39	Fresnillo	Zacatecas
1/25	60	Zacatecas	Salinas	Cold, Headwind
1/26	63	Salinas	San Luis Potosi
1/28	67	San Luis Potosi	San Felipe
1/29	60	San Felipe	San Miguel de Allende	San Miguel is gringolandia (gringo land)
1/30	43	San Miguel de Allende	Queretero
2/2	22	Queretero	Presa de Bravo	Slept next to the chickens
2/3	71	Presa de Bravo	Maravatio	Back with the bomberos
2/4	42	Maravatio	Sierra Chincua	5,000+ft climb
2/5	19	Sierra Chincua	Minita del Cedro	All day with butterflies
2/6	51	Minita del Cedro	Toluca
2/7	64	Toluca	Mexico City
2/8-13	102	Mexico City	Mexico City	Biking around town, dodging taxis
2/14	51	Mexico City	Near Amecameca
2/15	42	Near Amecameca	Cholula	Over Pass of Cortez, between the volcanos
2/18	84	Cholula (near Puebla)	Roadside
2/19	71	Roadside	Santa Maria Tutla
2/20	64	Santa Maria Tutla	Monte Frio	got to play soccer with kids in Monte Frio
2/21	39	Monte Frio	Oaxaca
2/23	53	Oaxaca	San Pedro Totolapa
2/24	71	San Pedro Totolapa	La Mojada
2/25	54	La Mojada	Juchitan de Zaragoza
2/26	62	Juchitan de Zaragoza	Shrimp fishermen camp	Lots of wind near the Gulf of Tehuantepec
2/27	28	Shrimp fishermen camp	San Francisco Ixhuatan	The Pacific is a pretty ocean
2/28	78	San Francisco Ixhuatan	Cintalapa
3/1	59	Cintalapa	Tuxtla Gutierrez	Riding with Gregg and Brooks again
3/2	54	Tuxtla Gutierrez	San Cristobal de las Casas	7,500+ feet of climbing
3/3	61	San Cristobal de las Casas	Ocosingo
3/4	74	Ocosingo	Palenque

Total Miles in Mexico 3052
Guatemala

Date	Miles	From	To	Notes
3/6	34	Guatemala Border	Jose Fino	Much Safer across the border
3/7	65	Jose Fino	El Remate
3/10	31	El Remate	Polvora

Total Miles in Guatemala: 130
Belize

Date	Miles	From	To	Notes
3/12	105	Polvera	Belize City	Pick up Dennis at the airport
3/14	56	Belize City	Near San Ignacio
3/15	19	Near San Ignacio	Jaguar Creek
3/16	52	Jaguar Creek	Maya Center
3/17	37	Maya Center	Placencia
3/21	41	Placencia	Lim Li Punit
3/22	29	Lim Li Punit	Puerto Barrios	boat ride to Guatemala

Total Miles in Belize: 339
Honduras and El Salvador

Date	Miles	From	To	Notes
3/23	60	Puerto Barrios, Guatemala	Omoa, Honduras	Ok, the first half was in Guatemala
3/25	47	Omoa	San Pedro Sula	All Day Rain
3/26	19	San Pedro Sula	San Pedro Sula	Biked Dennis to Airport; turned 27 years old
3/28	70	San Pedro Sula	La Entrada
3/29	29	La Entrada	Santa Rosa de Copan
3/30	52	Santa Rosa de Copan	Near Nueva Octopeque	6,000 ft of climbing
3/31	40	Near Nueva Octopeque	Chalatenango	into El Savlador
4/1	6	Chalatenango	Guarjila
4/3	40	Guarjila	San Salvador
4/5	90	San Salvador	San Miguel
4/6	26	San Miguel	San Francisco Gotera
4/7	30	San Francisco Gotera	Perquin	4,000 ft of climbing
4/8	30	Perquin, El Salvador	Near Marcala, Honduras	5,000 ft of climbing
4/9	31	Near Marcala	La Paz	Just because the locals drink the water, doesn't mean you can
4/10	59	La Paz	Tegucigalpa	Penecilin: 1, Stomache Bug: 0
4/12	60	Tegucigalpa	Near Danli

Total Miles in Honduras and El Salvador: 688

Nicaragua

Date	Miles	From	To	Notes
4/13	65	Near Danli, Honduras	Condega, Nicaragua
4/14	58	Condega	roadside
4/15	65	roadside	Managua	Meet pops at the airport
4/16	29	Managua	Granada
4/17	56	Granada	Ometepe Island
4/18	25	Ometepe Island	Ometepe Island	Looped around the volcano

Total Miles in Nicaragua: 299

Costa Rica

Date	Miles	From	To	Notes
4/21	33	Los Chiles	Santa Rosa
4/22	40	Santa Rosa	Lago Arenal
4/23	34	Lago Arenal	Santa Elena	5,000 feet of climbing, dirt
4/26	43	Santa Elena	Puerto Caldera
4/27	62	Puerto Caldera	San Jose	6,000+ feet of climbing
4/30	36	San Jose	Tres de Junio	Say goodbye to pops, 5,000+ feet of climbing
5/1	70	Tres de Junio	Dominical	from 10,000 ft pass to sea level
5/2	85	Dominical	Neily	It is hot at sea level

Total Miles in Costa Rica: 404

Panama

Date	Miles	From	To	Notes
5/3	54	Neily, Costa Rica	David, Panama
5/4	57	David	Playa de Las Lajas
5/5	81	Playa de Las Lajas	Santiago	Less hot when it rains
5/6	84	Santiago	Farallon
5/7	69	Farallon	Panama City

Total Miles in Panama: 344

Colombia

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
5/28	20	Cartagena	Arjona	190	708
5/29	86	Arjona	Sincilejo	656	1837
5/30	69	Sincilejo	Ciudad Nuevo	466	1712
5/31	55	Ciudad Nuevo	Caucasia	210	1135
6/1	43	Caucasia	Taraza	394	1007
6/2	62	Taraza	Yarumal	6944	8305	At least 500 feet of climbing was accomplished by grabbing onto the back of slow moving trucks
6/3	69	Yarumal	Copacobana	4372	4648	Rain is cold at 8,000 ft
6/4	25	Copacobana	Into and around Medellin	4644	745	Viva la Ciclovia!
6/7	39	Medellin	Sanctuario	6576	3411
6/8	89	Sanctuario	hotel just beyond P. Triunfino	659	5320
6/9	68	Hotel	Guaduas	3070	4536
6/11	48	Guaduas	Just beyond San Francisco	6400	7500	Up
6/12	43	Just beyond San Francisco	Bogota	8050	2450
6/20	44	Bogota	Servientrega	8800	1500
6/21	74	Servientrega	Barbosa	4900	2000
6/22	74	Barbosa	roadside	5100	4000	5 hours of biking, 2 hours of futbol
6/23	64	roadside	roadside	3600	6050
6/24	20	roadside	Bucaramanga	3300	1600
6/27	42	Bucaramanga	Berlin	10250	7800	up
7/2	41	Berlin	Pamplona	7050	2750
7/3	47	Pamplona	Cucuta	900	600	down

Total Miles in Colombia: 1123

Venezuela

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
7/5	35	Cucuta	San Cristobal	2863	5018	headwind, uphill
7/6	21+ hh	San Cristobal	Gallanazo	46	-	hitch biking begins
7/7	53+ hh	Gallanazo	Curarire	0	-
7/8	40	Curarire	Maracaibo	13	-
7/9	45	Maracaibo	Ciudad Ojeda	-20	-	lots of oil rigs along the lake Maracaibo
7/10	13+hh	Ciudad Ojeda	Coro	98	-
7/11	49+hh	Coro	Valencia	1719	-	Biked to Punto Fijo
7/12	12+hh	Valencia	Caracas	3060	-
7/16	80	Caracas	El Guapo	49	2132	Now biking with Tom
7/17	84	El Guapo	Puerto Piruto	0	1237
7/18	62	Puerto Piruto	Santa Fe	0	2132
7/20	27	Santa Fe	Cumana	0	1417
7/21	57	Cumana	roadside	1414	3142
7/22	66	roadside	Maturin	102	2099
7/23	36	Maturin	Large Antena	102	134	I get sick, Tom carrys everything
7/24	70	Large Antena	roadside	102	656
7/25	24	roadside	Ciudad Guyana/Puerto Ordaz	167	748	The Orinoco is a big river.
7/27	66	Ciudad Guyana/Puerto Ordaz	roadside	722	2188
7/28	76	roadside	Tumeremo	492	2040
7/29	62	Tumeremo	roadside	377	1096
7/30	60	roadside	roadside	3385	4231
7/31	54	roadside	Salta Kama	2991	2722
8/1	33	Salta Kama	roadside	3605	2270	La Gran Sabana is amazing
8/2	26	roadside	roadside	2798	1515
8/3	36	roadside	Santa Elena	2608	1109

Total Miles in Venezuela: 1188

Brazil

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
8/4	62	Santa Elena	roadside	300	1250
8/5	84	roadside	Boa Vista	200	650	They speak Portuges in Brazil. I speak Spanish.
8/8	87	Boa Vista	Caracarai	150	650
8/9	76	Caracari		150	650
8/10	47		roadside	150	650
8/11	73	roadside	Colima	150	650
8/12	77	Colima	roadside	150	1450	through the indian reseravtion, don't stop!
8/13	65	roadside	Presidente Fig	200	2550
8/14	80	Presidente Fig	Manaus	200	4100	up and down all day

Total Miles in Brazil: 651

Peru

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
9/6	38	Yurimaguas	Bonilla	450	600	Dirt roads are hard
9/7	48	Bonilla	Tarapota	950	4,100
9/8	39	Tarapota	Pacota	700	1,150
9/9	45	Pacota	Juanjui	800	1,100
9/11	37	Juanjui	Caserio Santa Fe	1,500	1,950
9/12	44	Caserio Santa Fe	Buenos Aires	1,350	3,650
9/13	32	Buenos Aires	Tocache	1,450	1,300
9/14	41	Tocache	San Antonio	2,650	1,450
9/15	-	San Antonio	Oso	4900	-	Walking with bike on back of horse
9/16	-	Oso	San Pedro	7500	-	Walking with bike on back of horse
9/17	40	San Pedro	Huacrachuco	9,000	7,100	12,000 ft pass
9/20	42	Huacrachuco	roadside	6,700	2,100	Deep river canyon
9/21	25	roadside	roadside	11,350	5,050	up
9/22	52	roadside	Llumpa	9,150	3,500
9/23	35	Llumpa	Chacas	10,550	4,200	Thanks to Padre Hugo
9/24	14	Chacas	roadside	13,300	3,000
9/26	35	roadside	Carhuaz	8,200	2,950	16,000 ft pass, wow.
9/27	26	Carhuaz	Huaraz	9,650	1,900	First continuously paved road in Peru
10/1	33	Huaraz	Chiqui	11,550	3,100
10/2	98	Chiqui	Tunan	300	1,750	13,000ft descent
10/3	62	Tunan	roadside	200	1,400	headwinds and fog on coast
10/4	88	roadside	Lima	300	4,100
10/13	71	Lima	Asia	0	1,400
10/14	63	Asia	Chinca	100	2,100
10/15	30	Chinca	Independencia	500	800
10/16	48	Independencia	roadside	4,600	4,600
10/17	28	roadside	roadside	10,950	6,500
10/18	58	roadside	Licapa	13,100	5,250	slept with the llamas
10/19	72	Licapa	Ayacucho	8,750	3,650	15,000 ft pass
10/23	37	Ayacucho	Ccollpahuacycco	10,300	3,950	back to dirt roads
10/24	35	Ccollpahuacycco	roadside	9,300	3,000
10/25	34	roadside	roadside	9,300	2,700
10/26	6	roadside	Uripa	10,100	1,800
10/27	29	Uripa	near Nueva Esperanza	11,200	3,400
10/28	18	near Nueva Esperanza	Poltoccsa	10,250	1,850
10/29	44	Poltoccsa	Huancarama	9,250	4,900
10/30	43	Huancarma	Albancay	7,500	3,750	End of dirt roads
10/31	39	Albancay	roadside	9,450	5,100
11/1	88	roadside	Cusco	10,500	7,450	A hard day: a special thanks to the coca leaf
11/8	18	Cusco	roadside	9,850	700
11/9	83	roadside	roadside	12,200	3,850
11/10	54	roadside		12,100	1,600	start biking with Wouter
11/11	92		Puno	11,750	1,000	Wouter bikes fast
11/12	60	Puno	roadside	12,000	1,200
11/13	39	roadside	Isla del Sol, Bolivia	12,650	1,850	We learned that Isla del Sol had no roads after we arrived there with our bikes

Total Miles in Peru: 1964

Bolivia

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
11/15	105	Copacobana	La Paz	10,300	3,850
11/23	37	El Alto	Ajoya	12,350	850
11/24	103	Ajoya	Oruro	11,550	1,400
11/25	53	Oruro	Hot springs on roadside	11,500	550
11/26	61	Hot springs on roadside	roadside	11,500	600	dirt roads begin
11/27	57	roadside	Salinas de Garcia Mendoza	11,650	1,350
11/28	46	Salinas de Garcia Mendoza	Isla del Pescado	11,350	550	Across the Salar de Uyuni. Wow.
11/29	43	Isla del Pescado	roadside	11,400	50	Moon-light biking begins. Glad there is no traffic here.
11/30	43	roadside	roadside	11,500	900

Total Miles in Bolivia: 547

Chile

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
12/1	74	roadside	roadside	10,700	1,300
12/2	68	roadside	Calama	7,050	450	Paved roads begin
12/3	62	Calama	San Pedro de Atacama	7,650	3,600
12/4	19	San Pedro de Atacama	roadside	11,950	4,450	Carrying 30lbs of food and water uphill - no services for the next 260 km!
12/5	37	roadside	roadside	14,400	3,450
12/6	83	roadside	roadside	12,250	1,400

Total Miles in Chile: 343

Argentina

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
12/7	128	roadside	Pumamarca	4,600	7,650	Caught up with Gregg and Brooks
12/8	43	Pumamarca	Termas de Reyes	5,800	1,650
12/9	68	Termas de Reyes	Salta	3,950	2,150	Bike fork breaks. Hitch into Salta, look for welders.
12/12	12	Salta	small town I forgot name of	3,950	150	Yes. Salta has a welder.
12/13	105	small town	Cafayate	4,900	1,300	Odometer battery dies. I am now guessing the feet of climbing and using mile markers for distance.
12/15	78	Cafayate	roadside	7,250	2,300
12/15	81	roadside	Belen	4,250	500	45 miles of dirt
12/17	62	Belen	roadside	3,300	350	enter Dave Johnson
12/18	99	roadside	La Rioja	2,050	2,300
12/19	61	La Rioja	km 21	2,550	900	Get new odometer battery, you can trust me now.
12/20	76	km 21	Talampaya National Park	4,150	2,900
12/21	56	Talampaya	roadside	3,400	800
12/22	67	roadside	San Jose de Jachal	4,050	2,200
12/24	58	San Jose de Jachal	roadside	8,650	5,600
12/25	26	roadside	roadside	13,800	4,800	Uphill, dirt road, very very strong headwind, Merry Christmas

Total Miles in Argentina: 1020

Chile II

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
12/26	57	roadside	Juntas del Toro	6,600	2,300	15,500ft pass
12/27	96	Juntas del Toro	La Serena	350	700
12/29	9	La Serena	Coquimbo	50	450
12/30	68	Coquimbo	roadside	1,650	3,750
12/31	65	roadside	a beach	0	3,300
1/1	61	a beach	Quebradilla	550	3,200	Happy New Year
1/16	90	Santiago	Rengo	1,000	2,300
1/17	92	Rengo	Talca	500	1,250
1/19	79	Talca	roadside	700	2,800
1/20	80	roadside	Concepcion	50	4,400
1/22	26	Concepcion	Lota	0	250
1/23	58	Lota	near cañete	350	2,900
1/24	55	near cañete	roadside	950	2,950
1/25	43	roadside	roadside	100	2,450	hilly dirt road
1/26	36	roadside	Temuco	250	850
1/30	66	Temuco	roadside	100	2,050
1/31	94	roadside	Osorno	0	2,050
2/1	48	Osorno	Frutillar	150	1,000
2/2	54	Frutillar	roadside	250	1,650
2/3	27	roadside	puerto frias	2,550	3,300	boat trips across lakes, expensive

Total Miles in Chile II: 1205

Argentina II

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
2/4	23	Puerto Frias	Bariloche	2,800	1,250	boat trips across lakes, expensive
2/6	84	Bariloche	El Bolson	900	3,850	Meet up with my friend Denali
2/14	21	El Bolson	near Epuyen	1,100	1,500
2/15	58	near Epuyen	roadside	3,150	3,450
2/16	74	roadside	Tecka	2,300	1,450	windy, mostly crosswind
2/17	79	Tecka	roadside	2,100	1,450	annoying crosswind
2/18	30	roadside	roadside	1,850	400	heinous headwind, I catch a cold, dirt road
2/19	48	roadside	south of Alto Rio Senguer	2,550	800	Nice day, little wind.
2/20	24	south of Alto Rio Senguer	Paso Coyte	2,800	1,100	Demoralizing headwind, dificult dirt road, cold.

Total Miles in Argentina II: 442

Chile III

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
2/21	56	Paso Coyte	Coyhaique	0	0	Odometer breaks...don't know elevations anymore
2/23	37	Coyhaique	Campground	3,300	2,950	Odometer starts working again
2/24	61	Campground	roadside	1,950	3,400	begin dirt
2/25	55	roadside	roadside, overlooking lago General Carrera	950	3,800
2/26	42	roadside, eoverlooking lago General Carrera	roadside, on banks of Rio Baker	450	2,700	biggest turquoise river I have ever seen
2/27	47	roadside	roadside	1,650	4,750
2/28	40	roadside	roadside	250	1,400
3/1	36	roadside	roadside	250	3,050
3/2	41	roadside	Villa O'Higgins	700	2,900
3/3	15	Villa O'Higgins	border with Argentina	2,550	2,450

Total Miles in Chile III: 430

Argentina III

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
3/4	26	Border	El Chalten	1,800	1,000
3/8	69	El Chalten	La Leon	900	950
3/9	68	La Leon	Roadside	2,750	3,550
3/10	79	roadside	roadside	2,050	1,750	I don't think my altimeter is right - I should be at a lower elevation.
3/11	47	roadside	Puerto Natales, Chile	50	2,250

Total Miles in Argentina III: 288

Chile IV

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
3/12	81	Puerto Natales	roadside	550	2,500
3/13	74	roadside	Punta Arenas	50	1,400
3/17	43	Punta Arenas	roadside	500	2,600	Cross straight of Magellan, enter Tierra del Fuego

Total Miles in Chile IV: 199

Argentina IV

Date	Miles	From	To	Destination Elevation	Feet of Climbing	Notes
3/18	106	roadside	Rio Grande	250	1,600	Awesome tailwinds in Tierra Del Fuego
3/19	59	Rio Grande	roadside	650	1,700
3/20	47	roadside	roadside	1,350	2,300	now headwinds
3/21	60	roadside	Ushuaia, via Tierra del Fuego national park	200	2,700	not yet done...still one road further south
3/22	35	Ushuaia	roadside	400	2,050	following route j
3/23	49	roadside	End of Route J	50	2,900	The furthest south you can bike in the Americas

Total Miles in Argentina IV: 356

Total Miles biked: 15865

Note: total miles biked includes miles biked around towns, not just 'on route' miles.

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