Bikepacking

Cati Pearson & Tysin Langridge experience the many stunning highs and lost lows of the Tour du Mont Blanc.

Cati Pearson pedals Coromandel over New Year – packing 120 km and 3000 m of climbing into two days. Nice to burn off New Year's excesses, but her top tip would be to extend the itinerary to three days.

Brian Alder follows up guiding an Escape Adventures cycle tour in Kyrgyzstan with a tilt at one of the premier international bikepacking events – the Silk Road Mountain Race.

Cati Pearson and Tysin Langridge ride an extended loop from Picton taking in the Waikakaho Track and Nydia Track. Their enduring optimism surviving a Christmas gift of extreme wet weather for much of the trip.

Marcela Restrepo & Michael Dammer and their young family head out of phone coverage into the depths of the Ecuadorian highlands for four days of adventure.

Jane Shearer regales us with the practicalities of bikepacking across Georgia, following the Caucasus Crossing route.

Rod Oram embarks on his ride along the Silk Road - the first phase of his odyssey connecting Beijing and Birmingham by bike.

Isabella Guise, aged eleven, tells it like it is on a whānau adventure over two days on Queenstown’s latest must-do ride.

Nick and Jenny Ferrier charge up their eBikes and spend 12 days bikepacking 1000 km from East Cape to Cape Egmont.

Cati Pearson extended her Labour Weekend into a 5 day bikepacking trip on Great Barrier Island. The ride kicked off with a pedal along Te Ara i Whiti/Lightpath to board the ferry from downtown Auckland.

Wanaka-based conservation, adventure and wildlife filmmaker Richard Sidey captures his 8 day solo mission across Iceland.

Ground Effect staffer Cherie hooks up with friends and family to tie a figure eight around the Wairarapa, linking Greytown, Martinborough and Cape Palliser.