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Sorata to Cuyo Cuyo, Via Tres Cordilleras (Bolivia/Peru)
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Sorata to Cuyo Cuyo, Via Tres Cordilleras (Bolivia/Peru)
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Leaving Bolivia behind, we (tried to) follow the Tres Cordilleras route into Peru, but landslides forced a change of plans. Incan steps, Alpaca, and Bolivian piss-ups awaited.

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La Paz to Sorata, via Mama Coca and Illampu
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La Paz to Sorata, via Mama Coca and Illampu
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Taking the Mama Cocoa route north from La Paz to the town of Sorata, with a detour to cicumnavigate Illampu. Lots of hiking, some biking, and roadside Inca ruins.

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Oruro to La Paz via Mama Coca
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Oruro to La Paz via Mama Coca
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Back into the Andes, with hike a bikes and dogs. The most scenic and eventful section of our trip so far. From Oruro to La Paz on the southern portion of the Mama Coca route.

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The Lagunas Route, Bolivia
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The Lagunas Route, Bolivia
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220km of desert, corrugations, and sub-freezing temperatures in the Bolivian altiplano. The riding was some of the worst of our lives, but the scenery nearly made up for it.

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The Bolivian Salares
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The Bolivian Salares
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The next section of our journey was going to take us over the infamous Uyuni salt flats. The biggest, flattest place in the world, it is over 10,000km2 but varies by less than 1m in elevation overall. It is so flat, it is used to calibrate the altitude of satellites. This was a section about discomfort and perseverance, especially for two people who avoid cycling flat roads whenever possible.

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Videos
Bolivian Andes part 2, The Mama coca route (north)
Bolivian Andes part 2, The Mama coca route (north)

Watch the section from La Paz to Sorata, through the Bolivian Andes, and taking in a circumnavigation of Illampu, one of Bolivias tallest mountains.

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Bolivian Andes Part 1, the Mama Coca Route
Bolivian Andes Part 1, the Mama Coca Route

Watch us ride the southern section of the Mama Coca route in Bolivia, from Oruro to La Paz, featuring our first hike a bike, and plenty of dogs.

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The Lagunas Route, Bolivia
The Lagunas Route, Bolivia

Video of our ride across the deserts and freezing nights of the remote Lagunas route, in south western Bolivia.

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The BolIvian Salares
The BolIvian Salares

Vlog about Salars de Uyuni and Coipasa.. They’re flat, but there’s also plenty of sand.

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Ruta De Las Vicuñas
Ruta De Las Vicuñas

Lauren needs forgiveness, for she has sinned.

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Showcasing Michael Jordan’s photography, and documenting bikepacking travels with Lauren Raywood.

View fullsize After dusting ourselves off after the school celebration the night before, we prepared to tackle the first challenge of the Tres Cordilleras route, a steep hiking section. We had heard reports that one group hadn’t been able to find their way t
View fullsize We spent 10 days in the mountain town of Sorata waiting for some replacement spokes to arrive, and watching the World Cup knockouts (the less said the better, but at least THEY got what they deserve). We then set out on the Tres Cordilleras route whi
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View fullsize After a few days hiking and biking from La Paz, we opted for a circumnavigation of Illampu, a 6000m mountain near Sorata in the Andes to complete this section of the trip, rather than continuing to push our bikes through tussock along the Pampa. More
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View fullsize Heading north from La Paz. Hike a bikes over passes, across tussock, and through rivers. Easily our hardest section so far. We had to carry 7 days worth of food for this section, so were much heavier than we wanted for the worst of it. Luckily the vi
View fullsize The final challenge of our last stretch was 5km of pushing our bikes up and over an unnamed 4900m pass to get back to La Paz. If we’d known what we were in for we might not have gone ahead, but it was definitely worth it.
View fullsize Frozen waterfalls, frozen roads, and more snowy peaks than we could count, as we completed our ride around Illimani and towards La Paz.