Trail Journal
LA Doesn’t Need Mountain Biking
LA Doesn’t Need Mountain Biking A weekend with Lowelifes Respectable Citizens Club When you think of Los Angeles, mountain biking probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But, if you look a little closer, you will find a...
Elliot Loon Overnighter A SOUTHERN OREGON COASTAL MIXED TERRAIN ADVENTURE Early October can be absolutely stunning in Oregon. Wildfire smoke usually diminishes, the daytime temps are in the lovely 75-degree range, and the nights cool down. While I’ve done...
Juniper Ridge Lollipop Type 3 fun in the Gifford Pinchot Sometimes things don’t turn out according to plan. Oftentimes that can be a bad thing, other times, that can lead to unforgettable spontaneous experiences. Or it could possibly lead to...
Madras Loop A QUICK HOMETOWN WEEKEND RAMBLE For several years in a row, we would embark on a “Motor-Free Memorial Day Weekend”. We’d grab a friend or two, load up our bikes, put a rough route together and leave from...
Frog Lake to Hood River BIKEPACKING IS FREEDOM For the 4th of July holiday, I (Chris Kratsch co-founder of Old Man Mountain) and two long time friends set out on a 3-day bike tour of the Mt. Hood area of...
Bikerafting the Nittalven River
I managed to rope my wife into coming bikerafting (formerly known as Hell Biking) in the early spring of 2021. I had chosen a route with a relatively easy bike ride in, before a gentle paddle down a 25km stretch of the Class 1 Nittälven river in central Sweden
How To Get Started Bikepacking
How To Get Started Bikepacking. Getting the call… So it finally happened. Your bike buddies invited you to join them on a weekend bikepacking trip. They promise peace and solitude, but after a quick google search you start to panic....
Crossing The High Atacama Desert
Once again, I was questioning the wisdom of traveling the high Atacama desert in winter. Six months into my Ushuaia to Alaska tour I found myself stuck at the border crossing of Paso de Jama, Argentina; unable to pass into Chile due to too much snow,
Riding The Swedish Snow Words and Photographs by Michael O’Dwyer The word adventure originated in the 13th century from an old french word aventure, meaning “that which happens by chance” The verb evolved into aventurer “wander, travel, seek adventure, happen...