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What Comes After Japan
Since Last Time
I’ve been a little quiet.
Finished Japan, flew to Panama almost immediately, and thought I might stitch up the skipped sections. Darien Gap, Sudan, east Iran. Clean up the story. Finish it properly you know.
I got to...
Tokyo
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Since Last Time
Stepping off the boat in Japan felt.. flat.
No triumph. Not some movie finish line. No glory. No cinematic music. No big emotional release. Just satisfactio...
The Final Push
Since Last Time
For almost a year now the project has been abstract. Biking to Japan. Something far away to be worried about later. The last two weeks it stopped feeling abstract.
I rolled out of Beijing Wednesday Jan 21 and for the f...
The Gobi Was Easy. China is Complicated.
Since Last Time
There was a lot of anticipation around the Gobi. Months of people messaging me about 20 below wind chill. Hypothermia. About knocking Mongolian gers for a place to sleep. Whether this was finally the part where I’d need...
Starting Over at Mile 9,593
Since Last Time
Well the visa finally came through. Two months in Ulaanbaatar. A process that was supposed to take 3 to 5 days somehow stretched into fifty five. I paid the expedited fee—164 bones. Then checked most every Monday, Wedne...
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Testing whether choosing hard, uncertain paths is what pulled me out of addiction, and whether it’s what most people are missing too (biking as a means to test) - 6/7 continents crossed: Americas ✅ Africa ✅ Australia ✅ Europe ✅ Asia ✅ Antartica ❌
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