• Beagle to Eagle
    Plotting the route
    A 5km hike at 4000km. Challenging but fun. Vamos!1The local herbal alternative to acetazolamide. I took both.Plenty of stops to check out the local fauna & flora. The adaptation to survive at alt is amazingMany flowers ditched their stems so that they wouldn't get snapped by the windPretty Mountain flowersHalf way and still smilingDense, dark, gnarly, moss-covered forest sections were a stark change from the open rocky terrainIt is Halloween after allAdding Sylvia to the selfiesSwinging around the bends on the paperbarks was super fun1I don't own a dehydratorFat happy beesFat happy fishermanThis catch wouldn't be legal at home but here the trout are seen as pestsGreat spot to grab a breatherBut not for long4000m elevation. 4.72km 458 calories utilized.458 calories reacquired. Chocolate cake plus Ecuadorian bitter sweet hot chocolate was our reward.Goodbye AndesHello Galapagos.

    Working the Machine

    October 31 in Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    We'd both been on a decent healthy living stint leading into this trip. A week in and we were both feeling the effects of input being greater than output despite our outdoor excursions. Today was a chance to rev the engine a bit in a stunning setting of the only glacial subtropical mountainside in the world. Add tricky terrain, a young guide and 4000m elevation and we finally created a decent enough oxygen debt to get those cells whirring.Read more