Cycling
In February 2019, I went cycle touring up through Spain, cycling from Seville to Bilboa. I followed some of the Via de la Plata, which is one of the Camino de Santiago routes, until I reached Zamora, when I started to head towards Bilbao. The route included gravel trails, long
Film
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Documentary
Beyond the Ochocos is a short film documentary about The Big Lonely, an unsupported 350+ mile bikepacking adventure. Full film coming in March 2021.
Cycling
‘Grenzerfahrungen’ (Borderline Experiences) documents a self-supported cycling journey along the European Green Belt. Born and bred in Germany, Markus Stitz travelled 700km along the former Iron Curtain on a gravel bike through the federal states of Thuringia, Lower Saxony, Hesse, Bavaria and Saxony in October 2020, shortly after the 30th
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The goal was simple, ride bikes, loaded down with 100 pounds of climbing, skiing and camping equipment, over 1000 miles to ski three of The Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America. A tiring adventure and a sufferfest of course, but in the context of an ongoing global pandemic, a
Film
The design and manufacture of Raleigh bicycles. Find out more information about this title at britishcouncil.org/film.
Colorado
When the pandemic put Durango, CO resident @Payson McElveen‘s typical race schedule of mountain bike and gravel events on hold, he shifted his focus to discovering the bike in new ways. From Everesting 100% singletrack in May, to linking 100 miles of Crested Butte trail in a day for
Film
The unsupported ultracycling gravel challenge on the edge of Europe by Transibérica Ultracycling. Badlands is over 700 kilometers with 15,000m of elevation gain on mostly gravel roads.
Film
Matty has bike-packed plenty of times in Europe and Australia and has passionately shared his infatuation for riding with me. I was fairly new to this way of life and adventure but excited to share this experience on my first bike-packing trip overseas. More than a year of travel ahead
Cycling
This is an absolutely incredible short film. Eight weeks, two bikes and one amazing trip across some of the highest roads in the world. Follow us on a journey across the roof of the world – the Pamir and Karakoram Highways. Eight weeks, two bicycles and four largely unexplored countries. An
Film
In his latest film ‘Unhurried’ Edinburgh-based filmmaker and adventurer Markus Stitz documents his trip on the John Muir Way, one of Scotland’s Great Trails. The film reveals a unique coast to coast journey through Scotland’s varied landscapes, history and heritage, during which Markus reflects on one of the
Film
Ruta Chingaza is a film that documents Lael Wilcox and friends as they partner with Conservation International to build a new route through some of the most inspiring, rugged, and environmentally important landscapes in Columbia. The 261-mile route boasts 31,000 feet of elevation gain while traversing through the critical