Dan Camp Rides the Seis Miles
Dan Camp's Atacama episode on La Ruta de Los Seis Miles is stunning footage — and a lesson in load placement, water carries and altitude pacing.
Episode 41 of an Alaska-to-Argentina ride, and the terrain finally outranks the rider: La Ruta de Los Seis Miles runs past 6,000-meter volcanoes through the driest desert on earth, where the gaps between water sources do more to shape your bike setup than any gear chart. Dan Camp's Atacama footage is beautiful in a way bikepacking video usually isn't — wind, grit, long silences — but the useful part is what it quietly shows about load. Washboard and soft sand at altitude punish anything carried high or far behind the saddle, and the hours of hike-a-bike are a cargo decision, not a fitness failure. Watch what he's carrying and where. That's the lesson.
