Knik S24O
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When an impulsive winter S24O trip earlier this year required a fatbike, a fair amount of bikedragging was to be expected. Being so last minute, the only option left to rent was a full squish Trek a size or two too small in glacial blue. Armed with such, I set off from the most conservative place to park, resulting in an absurd amount of bikepushing before the sun clocked out for the day.
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Morning katabatic blasts bellowed bonjour with continued bikepulling through waist-deep snowdrifts tag-teamed with slick ice and the too frequent blind launch off sastrugi as if my goggles were Ganzfield instead of 62% VLT. When bumping into the region of caloric deficit, thoughts of being swallowed up by splitting ice are only too frequent.
And then I saw the calved icebergs frozen in freshwater and everyone lived happily ever after (!)
And then I saw the calved icebergs frozen in freshwater and everyone lived happily ever after (!)
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Routes from day 1 and 2
Type 2 miles and misadventures
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