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 themange
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 Re: 2nd adventure commenses on the 31st - cycling to shambhala and burning man. [Re: PDU]
#8702352 - 07/30/08 01:40 PM (4 months, 3 days ago) |
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a strong mind and a good heart will keep you healthy. love will keep you safe.
let your mom know that!
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 AlteredAgain
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 Re: 2nd adventure commenses on the 31st - cycling to shambhala and burning man. [Re: PDU]
#8705844 - 07/31/08 02:35 AM (4 months, 3 days ago) |
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread every post of the way. Thank you for sharing your amazing experiences in South America! 
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SapphireCat
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Re: 2nd adventure commenses on the 31st - cycling to shambhala and burning man. [Re: AlteredAgain]
#8706902 - 07/31/08 11:30 AM (4 months, 2 days ago) |
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glad you made it back from SA safe.
burning man now? seriously man, you seem to be doing everything that i want to do, although burning man is an ocean away from me, so cycling may be off the cards :P
good luck in your next adventure, keep us updated as best as ya can
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NiamhNyx
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Re: 2nd adventure commenses on the 31st - cycling to shambhala and burning man. [Re: SapphireCat]
#8708476 - 07/31/08 04:57 PM (4 months, 2 days ago) |
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Dude, I'm so stoked and proud and totally happy that you went on this epic journey and have come out of it so strong and confident and ready to take charge of your life. I told you before and I'll say it again, I've always known you were an amazing person with the potential to accomplish great things if you'd just step up to the challenge. I am looking forward to seeing you in October, or maybe sooner if you're in the 'loop. I got visiting to do.
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Cannabischarlie
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: LosAngelesGraff]
#8719816 - 08/03/08 01:35 PM (3 months, 30 days ago) |
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PDU
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#8721375 - 08/03/08 08:31 PM (3 months, 30 days ago) |
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Made it to nelson in 4 days. Trailer pulling is very hard. Will have pics of a very fully loaded bike soon.
Knee problems at first... feeling' great now.
Will have the "3 days of pain" twice more this summer, after taking 5 days off to party at shambhala and then 7 or more at burning man...
easier to just keep on ridin' but what can ya do.
10 minutes of internet running out.
See ya!
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astronaut
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: PDU]
#8723383 - 08/04/08 09:52 AM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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Have fun at Burning Man, man, I will miss it this year unfortunately >,<
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PDU
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: astronaut]
#8725403 - 08/04/08 04:52 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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Good news:
I hopelessly pleaded with my friend/past+future roommate to find a subletter for 2 months while i adventure around .. and his response was less than enthusiastic.
Anyways, the current tenent (who hes taking the house over from) is having a hard time finding a place in Vancouver and volunteered herself to stay until October
----> which means the $875 dollars i thought i was paying for 2 months of rent when i wont be living there, is actually going to pay 2 months rent in the future, once im there!
+ i can go and camp in the yard or crash on the couch anytime between september and october if things dont work out with cycling in the states. SWEET!
I must admit im nervous to be cycling and wild camping in the states - even the boarder crossing has me on edge.
Its very hot the past few days here.. so the heat of Cali and Nevada is also a concern...
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Tri High
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: PDU]
#8726195 - 08/04/08 07:53 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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Much water!
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outhere4
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Re: 2nd adventure commenses on the 31st - cycling to shambhala and burning man. [Re: PDU]
#8728743 - 08/05/08 12:18 PM (3 months, 28 days ago) |
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I just caught up on your thread man, mad props. You can really do anything you want man, anything. Go for happiness and enlightenment, you've seen the compassion and empathy you're capable of. You have to live in this system but you obviously don't have to play by the same rules as everyone else...fuck getting a job you don't want or like. I bet that poor family that fed you in the jungle was happy, or much happier than your typical American, correct me if I'm wrong. Have an awesome time at Burning Man, your Ayahuasca experience is inspiring and while I still have my flight benefits I may have to go over there and heal.
Btw, I hitchhiked down highway 101 from Eugene down through Oregon and to Southern Cali, it was beautiful and I love the people and vibes. There are a lot of bikers doing that road, and people generally look out for them along 101, you'd be safe and smooth sailing, look out for the little towns though cause people are less aware and conscious of bikers then.
I'd love to meet you sometime man...I'm going to New Zealand, Australia, and Nepal starting in 5 months or so and lasting for 8, if you're down for hiking in the Himalayas sometime. Love and Peace friend.
You should check out Avenue of the Giants if you end up biking through Northern California, its absolutely amazing and you have very old growth tree life.
Edited by outhere4 (08/05/08 12:20 PM)
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themange
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Re: 2nd adventure commenses on the 31st - cycling to shambhala and burning man. [Re: outhere4]
#8728941 - 08/05/08 01:02 PM (3 months, 28 days ago) |
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You should check out Avenue of the Giants if you end up biking through Northern California, its absolutely amazing and you have very old growth tree life.
i can vouch for this. it's very beautiful.
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Mitchnast
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Re: 2nd adventure commenses on the 31st - cycling to shambhala and burning man. [Re: themange]
#8729238 - 08/05/08 02:04 PM (3 months, 28 days ago) |
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PDU Can we hang out when you get back to the okanagan?
It doesn't seem right that I live so close and iv'e never knowingly met you.
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Cannabischarlie
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Re: 2nd adventure commenses on the 31st - cycling to shambhala and burning man. [Re: Mitchnast]
#8736917 - 08/06/08 11:42 PM (3 months, 27 days ago) |
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Revelation
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: PDU]
#8780967 - 08/16/08 04:44 AM (3 months, 18 days ago) |
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Hey PDU, love this thread it's really inspiring. I was just wondering what kind of bike you have and also what you take with you in your back pack?
n/m.. should have read the whole thread
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Edited by Revelation (08/16/08 12:44 PM)
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PDU
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: Revelation]
#8797962 - 08/19/08 07:35 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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Quickly and poorly written update about the 2nd leg of my journey thus far.
Whats new with me?
Been cycling 8 days... averaging around 100kms a day with a ridiculously loaded bike and trailer dispite purging all the unneccessities and luxuries. Finding it difficult to prepare meals.. its been 105degrees until the rain and clouds came the past 2 days. Carrying 8L of water at all times, no matter what pee is yellow, sweat lots. Ride 8 to 12, and 4:30 till dark... No problems with boarder guards, police, thugs, hicks or anything else.
cycled approx 1400-1500kms so far in 13.5 days now. Having a hard time keeping pace, dwindling to about 80kms a day now ... less important to push hard now that i have a confirmed ride on saturday.
More flats than ever before, waking up with flat tires, slow flats, gashed tires, etc. Ridiculous - bought new tires and and tubes, and grips in Oregon - 1 flat since then. Ran out of water, pump broke in middle of nowhere between small sparesely inhabited farming *towns*... More careful now. No bike store, carrying fullsized pump you'd keep in your garage just in case, however 2 days without flats now..., shifter is on the fritz, and spedometer bit the dust.
Eating well. 440kms to go until Alturas, meet friends there - then drive to burning man. - its a pride thing not riding all the way to BM, however in reality its probably a blessing in disguise because an overconfident cyclist like myself is likely to get himself into trouble in nevada ... by the sounds of it.
Hope to cycle mendocino (sp?) ntl. park and yosemite park in california. Hit up Sanfransisco if possible, although logistically difficult and expensive - possible internet friend in Berkley, maybe try and find a couch to surf??. Head down coast, want to poke around portland, eugene, salem maybe?? not looking forward to washington again.. However, current constant headwind will be tail wind heading home.. Move into house in October - till then, i tramp around on the bike.
Anyone in central northern cali, or coastal oregon and washington with a couch to surf - let me know.
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astronaut
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: PDU]
#8797984 - 08/19/08 07:41 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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I'd offer you my couch in the SW Oregon wilderness, but I'm away atm and the doors are locked >,<
Enjoy Oregon, it's a fantastic place. There's a huge outdoor hippie rave in Eugene in a couple weeks if you're still around then, and if you're into that scene at all... "Where Life Begins".
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In another Time's Forgotten Space, your Eyes looked through your Mother's Face.
Wildflower Seed on the Sand and Stone, may the Four Winds blow you Safely Home!
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PDU
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: PDU]
#8798051 - 08/19/08 07:55 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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Retrospect - shambhala was waaaay better organized this year. I was second threw the gates, after a standoff with a kid on BMX.
Made some great friends, including a crazy french lady obsessed with "greening festivals" by picking up garbage in a tutu - im meeting her at burningman.
I faced my demon Ketamine, and did not fiend, or lose control at all. I bought a half g, thought it was novel and meh, stuttered and got tipsy and that was it. Bought another half off a friend later, because he was trying to get rid of it... However, i am confident that i have virtually no interest in it as an addiction anymore. Proving this to myself has moved me from the uncertainty of hanging onto the past to anxiously anticipating the future.
That said, i did a couple other drugs, all freebe's and acid i had saved. I shared aswell. Made all my own meals and kept a level head...
I suppose i used to party like this - and once my life took the direction it did ... i seperated myself and just got fucked up.
I was glad to party responsibly and take everything in. I spent about $20 dollars the whole weekend on coffee and 1 meal.
Anyways, cycling washington sucked, as expected. Day 2 i bashed my knee on a rack leaving me stiff and swollen for the next 3. 105 degrees for a few days and then cycling thru rolling fields of wheat with no shade and a constant headwind..
Oregon is an improvement and luckily im not flatting 2 or 3x a day anymore... ive gone 2 days without flats and am confident my new tires will hold.
America is not scary as i thought it would be. I got pushed through the boarder with NO search and practically no question (as they searched every other festival goer thoroughly)... drivers are courteous, cops dont even pay attention, gas station attendants and store keepers are friendly and helpful, roadside camping is safe...
Its good, and very beautiful - lots of fat people though.
Im in a really great headspace now that i know im no longer a drug addict, and im also fully recovered from any lingering feelings from the relationship i broke from.
Ive met quite the cast of characters so far, rural americans are quite the lot - but polite and friendly as all hell.
Touring domestically, where i understand the language and customs has its own challenges and rewards - Foreign was more of a challenge, more scary. Here its more laid back, food is good and cheap, water is clean, roads are good...
its a different vibe + i think i prefere adventuring into the relative unknown of a foreign country. Not to say im not having a great time here.
I've decided that i am going to tour for all or most of september through california, coastal oregon and washington ... Much looking forward to it. I love living in a tent, when the weather is warm and the food and water is plentiful... its an easy life!
interestingly, my father and his girlfriend decided to do a 2 week tour of of the gulf islands and coast of BC. I cant help but feel i influenced this! Ironic how i was just saying how much he's influenced me lately...
Again - looking for couches or yards to surf in Northern california, mid and coastal Oregon, and coastal Washington.
Mitch - totally. lets hang out, ill be in touch when im in the area. PM me with your location maybe?
Outthere4 - where is avenue of the giants?
Anyone that knows anything about california and oregon please point out the must see's, my knowledge is slim to none, and internet time is the same.
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: PDU]
#8852044 - 08/30/08 12:12 PM (3 months, 3 days ago) |
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Watch out for Peruvian Guerrillas who love to kidnap/cannibalize Americans.
Tell them you're Canadian
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You ready to be fucked, man? I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up. Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click."
-Jesus
"Eight-year-olds, Dude."
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MisterMuscaria
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: Irishdrunk]
#8852081 - 08/30/08 12:24 PM (3 months, 3 days ago) |
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Hey man, if you are gonna be travelling down to California you should come to the International Gathering of the Tribes in BCS. http://www.globalgatheringofthetribes.com/index.html It's a guaranteed good time from Nov 1-30th.
Also, I was wondering if you could give me any tips about Peru. Ill only be there for a week so wont have time to do TOO much. Im going on February, plan on staying in Lima, maybe a couple days in Cusco to see Machu Piccu. Probably check out the Nazca lines and the Amazon forest too...perhaps try to find a shaman. What else do you suggest I do?
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Re: I am cycling in Peru, about to go into Bolivia... [Re: MisterMuscaria]
#8852101 - 08/30/08 12:32 PM (3 months, 3 days ago) |
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MisterMuscaria said:
Hey man, if you are gonna be travelling down to California you should come to the International Gathering of the Tribes in BCS. http://www.globalgatheringofthetribes.com/index.html It's a guaranteed good time from Nov 1-30th.
Also, I was wondering if you could give me any tips about Peru. Ill only be there for a week so wont have time to do TOO much. Im going on February, plan on staying in Lima, maybe a couple days in Cusco to see Machu Piccu. Probably check out the Nazca lines and the Amazon forest too...perhaps try to find a shaman. What else do you suggest I do?
Stay away from Militia/Guerrilla run areas, stick to the cities, never go out alone......um.....rent a few blackwater dudes with ak's.
JK bout the last part, but stay in the cities, never go alone, don't get too deep into the poor areas.
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You ready to be fucked, man? I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up. Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click."
-Jesus
"Eight-year-olds, Dude."
-Walter
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