It’s now time to move on to the second of three continents; Europe. I now on a British Airways flight to London and it’s really a gnarly feeling that my plan is super loose until I get to Estonia, at the Russian border. More about that later. I finished my first ride from the USA […]
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Featured Image is of my backup iPhone’s back case — including custom logo for Iron Monkey Butt World Tour. I generally think about my sleeping comfort requirements as goldilocks — not too cold and not too hot — say 72 degrees is fine. Well this morning I woke up in my hotel room in Lexington,
Feature Image is of the first minute after leaving my garage at early dusk — It seemed like a Kodak moment, a picture of my bike, a bright yellow light and my home in the backdrop — to start this new adventure which will take me from Boca Raton to Toronto — Flight for me,
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It happened so fast. The abrupt end of the Ramshorn Porsche Rally opened up the new chapter of this epic ride — Paula was flying in to Bozeman to go for a 5 day trek at Yellowstone National Park. My Porsche was packed and shipped in the late afternoon of the last day of the
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Feature image is of my purpose bought for rallies, concourse restored, 1971 Porsche 911S — the fastest production engine for Porsche in that era. My bud, Igal and I went out one day while driving on the Ramshorn Rally to take some pictures of the car. Igal is the best possible partner to do
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I’m going to work backwards on this post and save the reason for coming to the biggest, baddest and hippest Porsche event in the world, Luftgekuhlt in Los Angeles — this year at the Universal Back Lots as its artful setting. No, I’m not going to talk about that first. I really want to talk
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Ok, let’s deal with the elephant in the room first. How strange is it that a 57 year old man gets the notion that he must visit the biggest pistachio made of concrete somewhere in New Mexico? No, before you answer that, let me change the question a bit first. How strange is it that
Feature Image is of the a very early old sign outside the MidPoint Cafe — replaced by this sign below: Today was very active and fun, full of varied experiences and that’s the way I like it. I left my hotel — the infamous Fairfield by Marriott Amarillo heading towards the Iconic Cadillac Ranch made
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Running away from the rain is not a bikers favorite activity. While it’s been a fun couple of days — its also been a pain in the ass trying not to get wet while riding to my next destinations. The good news is that I only got a few sprinkles on me in the past
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Feature image is of a winning BMW motorcycle from the historic Paris Dakar Rally — preserved at the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. Man, it should have been a 10 today. I had planned to go through Birmingham, Alabama for a reason. Trust me, if I had not had a reason, Birmingham would be one of
Almost a Great Day Read More »
It’s not easy to write this blog and get motivated when I’ve done similar motorcycle rides over the years. Sure, this time, it’s different, the entire route will take me through 19 different States and is a wee bit longer which is exciting, but sharing my interests, micro and major thoughts along the ride takes
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Feature image is of a simple stone inscribed with the words; “Everest Base Camp 2019”. Shockingly, there is not grand sign set up at Base Camp explaining anything. The reason is because the camp sits on a glacier and each year, the location shifts so a permanent sign would move over time. Anyway, no matter,
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Feature Image is one of the literally dozens of massively hight mountain peaks — largest in the world. Prickass is constantly pointing out mountains and their heights — but it goes over my head — the names are so confusing. Take the largest mountain in North America, Denali in Alaska and that is the ante
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Feature Image is of some donkeys carrying up gas cylinders of kerosene — super heavy stuff. Just one of the different means to transport goods up into the mountain world of the Himalayas. The others? Mostly Yak and Human beast of burden. Today we are ending our day in Pangbuche, a town of 106 families
Feature image is of a very large Buddhist Monk Monastery, really in the middle of nowhere, really. For miles, nothing around that could distract any Monks or the like. Nestled comfortably in the middle of the Himalayas. I really was not going to write about todays hike because it was really short but it did
Definitely Going Up Read More »
Feature Image today is a take on our beloved (before the Kaepernick bullshit) Nike brand here in Nepal. We call it “Fashion” shoes which just happen to have a similar swoosh. Of course you can find everywhere “The North Fake” brand (also known in the west as The North Face) and others. No brand police
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Feature Image is of a real cool boulder that you will find all over Nepal during the treks which has some kind of script hand carved and then painted in black and white — generally surrounded by tablets of scripture hand carved as well — I just love it. You should always go around the
Feature image is of view outside my window in our 16 seater prop airplane from Kathmandu to Lukla, Nepal — traveling through the Himalayas — often the altitude of the plane is only a few hundred feet higher than the mountains surrounding our path. Bumpy but fun ride — somehow I know that the pilot
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Feature image is of the entrance to the buddhist Monkey Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Its our first real look at the colorful flags that we expect to see everywhere in Nepal. It’s been real hard to get to my journal. The last few days have been packed with either touring Dubai for a second
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The feature image is from a toy store in The Dubai Mall, UAE. Let me assure you, although I never really got into some serious intelligence on Dubai before coming. As I said, its against my best judgement for almost any trip I’ve ever taken — I just like to wing it. But that’s
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Feature image is yes, another boring long empty road in Patagonia just leading nowhere for hundreds of miles. But for me, it’s strategic to remember the weeks of riding through this magnificent countryside with wild lamas, sheep, cows, and horses littered throughout. Not to say that Patagonia is also no huge mountains, glaciers, snow-capped peaks
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Feature image is of the Eg3 Gas Station and Mini Mart — located in the middle of nowhere, Patagonia, Chile. Yes, I did drop a Iron Monkey Butt sticker there — check at the end of this post to find out where… Riding Days: Puyuhuapi, Chile — Cerro Sombrero, Chile, 9 days in between — 2,000
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Feature image is of my lovely bike parked on the side on an aggressive gravel road on Route 7 (Carretera Austral) in Chile, Patagonia. Riding Day: Esquel, Argentina — Puyuhuapi, Chile (265 km) — 8 hours — Border Crossing Well, today was different and while we are nearing the end of this adventure, I feel
Featured image is a sign of the famous Patagonia Region and our stop at El Bolson — along Ruta 40. Riding Day: San Martin de Los Andes — El Bolson, Argentina (325 km) — 7.5 hours. So being a big person, I admit that I was wrong. Big mistake. I was hasty in my last
Feature image is of our first Patagonia sightings along the Famous Patagonia Route 40. This catchy sign about the store is in the town of San Martin de Los Andes and it’s a chocolate shop. Riding Day: Pucon, Chile — San Martin de Los Andes, Argentina (200 km) — 4 hours. — Border Crossing Day
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