Faster, Stronger, Better.

Day five was full of ups and downs... as far as the terrain went. There were plenty of long downhill stretches that felt very rewarding after the extremely long and sometimes excruciating climbs that we endured. But we are both feeling much stronger and faster than previous days. Today was a long 100km bike ride through some very breathtaking scenery. The two of us were cycling along side each other when all of the sudden, no more than 15 feet in front of us, an enormous grizzly bear dashed out of the bushes and sprinted across the road. We both stopped and waited a moment before we continued, it was a wild experience. Later on we were climbing a steep hill and spotted a black bear eating dandelions next to us over the railing. We were able to whip out the camera and get some pretty sweet footage of it. It's great because Dave, the fella who is tagging along with the four of us, is a computer hacker and can hack into and RV wireless connection in a matter of minutes making it much easier for us to keep you updated! Tomorrow's journey is going to be approx. 116km (about 10 or 11 hours including stopping to eat from time to time as well as filming) so we'd best hit the sack. Adios for now!

My Bum is Sore!

We would love to tell you that our trip started smoothly but that would be a big fat lie. Pretty much everything that could have went wrong did. Everything from broken bikes to hitch-hiking happened in the first 20 kms. Day 2 started very much the same . More bike problems set us back a couple of hours but once we got past that we were able to travel 100 kms and set up camp around 10:30 pm. Daylight lasts until about 1:00 a.m. so it makes it pretty easy to shoot all hours of the day but has also kept us awake depriving us of sleep. Last night was the first good sleep we had and it was well deserved. the aches and pains of biking will hopefully wear off in the next couple of days.

Yukon is a pretty amazing place. We have seen lots of terrain and even a few bears. We're in grizzly country and are hauling food with us so that is a big concern. So far the backs of garbage bins in campgrounds has been a safe place to stash bags of food. Other than that we have some rope and will have to tie food up in a tree. We have a few hundred kms to go before we get to our day off destination in Watson Lake. After that its the Rocky Mountains in Northern BC. Gonna be a crazy month. Stay tuned..........

Hi again,

Tomorrow morning we will be departing Whitehorse for the first leg of our trip. The plan is to travel close to 500 km in the next 5 days which would put us in Watson Lake by weekend. We are getting some last minute supplies together in preparation for the week and making sure we have enough food and water.

Yesterday our new friends Skyler and Sarah drove us to Haines, Alaska for the 18th annual Great Alaska Craft Beer and Home Brew Festival. We had a great time there and were amazed with the natural beauty of the area.

It is going to be a challenge to sleep properly as the sun is still shinning at midnight and the days will continue to get longer for the next 3 weeks. There is no phone service through Rogers up here so we will have to rely on the odd pay phone and hopefully will have access to wirelessInternet next weekend for another update.

Again, please feel free to comment on our posts and follow our blog for updates. We will probably have much more to tell you in a weeks time.

Cheers

Cycling The North

Hey Gang,

After months of planning we are finally here. Tomorrow morning we fly to Whitehorse, Yukon and begin filming our first feature length documentary. We will depart Whitehorse early Monday morning and begin our 1900 km trek across Canada's Northern Territory arriving in Yellowknife, NWT at the end of June.

We are not sure when we will have access to internet but the plan is to update our news section as we go. Please feel free to comment on our posts and keep in touch with us on our trip. Thanks again to everyone who has supported us and this project, we could not have done it without you.

Cheers.

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