Bikepacking

Huw Kingston spends 5 days on a slice of the Munda Biddi Trail in Western Australia in preparation for the Alpine Odyssey Aotearoa, a 90 day, 4000 kilometre traverse of New Zealand on bikes towing skis. Joined by great mate Laurence Mote (one time Ground Effect staffer) they depart 25 June, plan to ski all 24 Kiwi ski fields en route and raise $75,000 for climate adaptation projects in the South Pacific.

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.