by Kiko Martin | Dec 23, 2021 | Bike Packing & Adventure, My Blog
Kiko has been many places, she has seen many faces. She has seen faces of all proportions, round, flat, square, diamond. She has seen faces of many races. Brown, yellow, white. Faces that all look beautiful in the light. She has heard many languages, tongues she...
by Haileymack | Dec 16, 2021 | Bike Packing & Adventure, My Blog, Outdoor Education
Thanksgiving is typically an uneventful day for myself, but this year I took advantage of some time off and rafted the upper San Juan river with some rad friends. The mighty Juan starts from the slopes of the San Juan Mountain Range in southwest Colorado, and flows...
by Haileymack | Nov 16, 2021 | Bike Packing & Adventure
The weekend of August 20th-23rd Casey and I embarked on a bike-packing trip to scout a portion of the New Colo Bikepacking Route. The route was created by Casey and will have an inaugural race, beginning in fall of 2022. It totals a little over 1,000 miles through...
by Haileymack | Jul 26, 2021 | Bike Packing & Adventure
The last week of March, 2021, I drove a couple of hours to The Natural Bridges Monument outside of Blanding, Utah, for a sub-200 mile solo bikepacking trip. My day started with lovely weather and a Happy Eeyore in the cockpit to navigate. We had a glorious 40-mile...
by Kiko Martin | Apr 21, 2021 | Bike Packing & Adventure
I remember when I first set eyes on Haileymack. I was at the Austin Animal Rescue (through NO fault of my own) and had just been introduced to my kennel mate. She was a little depressed and scared. Maybe that’s why I was rooming with her since I’m full of...
by Haileymack | Apr 1, 2021 | Bike Packing & Adventure
Last week the Gunnison valley experienced a record-low cold snap for the area, prompting high precipitation and icy conditions. Rivers froze over, areas deeper in the mountains were dusted with several feet of snow, and the ski-season bug really hit the valley. Just...
