My Latest Adventures

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Still Looking | The Breck MEGA Epic

An attempt to take on the Breck Epic through Colorado’s high country, where altitude, technical terrain and a broken GPS mount quickly disrupted the plan. It became an exercise in adapting under pressure, managing uncertainty, and discovering that progress isn’t always measured by reaching the finish line.

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More Than a Race - The Downieville Classic

A first encounter with California’s Downieville Classic, racing the same bike across an all-out cross-country test and one of mountain biking’s most storied descents. It became an exercise in balancing effort and control, challenging where I thought my strengths lay, and discovering how much there is to learn when the trail never lets you recover.

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Into The Steppe: Bikepacking Across Kazakhstan

An exploration of Kazakhstan by bike, from vast open steppe to towering mountain landscapes. Travelling under my own power became an exercise in slowing down, adapting to the unexpected, and discovering that the most memorable parts of a journey are often the ones you never planned for.

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Leaving Room To Wander: Bikepacking Through Azerbaijan

A two-week bikepacking journey through Azerbaijan, where the goal wasn't to cover the most ground, but to embrace uncertainty. Following curiosity led to mountain villages, endless tea invitations, unfamiliar roads, and a deeper appreciation for what happens when you leave room for the unknown.

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The Quintuple North Shore Triple Crown

A ride that began with one question: Is a fourth lap possible? Four became five as I completed the North Shore Triple Crown five times back-to-back, linking Vancouver's most iconic mountain bike trails into my biggest single-day challenge yet.

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The 500km McUltra

Fast food. Slow miles.
A 500km ultra around a McDonald’s drive-thru, where the challenge isn’t the distance, it’s making peace with repetition.

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Threads in the Dirt

The invisible network that connects us; rider to rider, root to root, from across one side of the world to the other

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Summit to Sea

From the highest rideable peak in Europe to the edge of the Mediterranean. This project was more than a ride, it was a line tracing my roots, my limits, and the things that shaped me as a rider. Peaks, tides, and the journey in between.

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Raki Roads

In the mountains of Albania, I discovered that the greatest journeys aren’t measured in kilometres, but in the kindness of strangers and the changes they inspire within us.

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Bike-packing the EDR

Doing things my way, Bike-packing to the Aletsch EDR World Cup with Ergon

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