AT in 1998! I commend that effort! Thru Hiking before cell phones is a completely different type of adventure. Good on ya, I always wondered what this type of thing would be like before we carried computers in our pocket. Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for watching! I’m stoked you liked it. Yeah! He put in a massive effort every day, riding at least 16 hours a day. He packed very light and was in race mode all the way. Even lost his sleep system, and spend a night in a porta John waiting out some rain. I honestly cannot even believe how much he went through to get to the finish. Highly impressed.

It was sometime in May if I remember correctly. It was the last day of the year the Molesworth was open

Thanks far watching! I definitely had a lot of extra miles, but it was worth it. I definitely thought about collecting water off the tent, but the wind was so severe it would have blown my bottle or the pot away. By the time the wind stopped it was hardly raining.

Wow, this is very generous! Thanks so much, it truly means a lot!

Just want to get there……. Until you’re there. Then you just want to go back in time.

Thanks for watching. Haven’t made it to AUS yet, but I sure love a flat white. I’m happy you’re enjoying I put a lot of work into this series.

Thanks for watching, when I take them out you’ll be the first to know, I appreciate your concern.

I met a few people that rode hard tail out there. Hard to say what is better. There’s definitely a couple spots it would be beneficial, but for the majority I was ok on a gravel bike. That depends on a number of factors obviously, but I was able to cleanly ride down Fleecer Ridge on this bike. I think tire size is probably the biggest factor. A lot of people do mention the roads being really bumpy, but in my opinion, it was all pretty good. Maybe I just caught it on a good year 🤷‍♂️. If I had to ride this trail again, I would not bring a hard tail, and I would be more than happy to ride this bike or just about any other gravel bike as well.

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pshhh, sure thing buddy.

I literally have no idea. It makes no sense to me. I am going to try it out though one day, just to see what I can get away with one day.

Its a Bags By Bird, the Goldback 12.5 W Tall. Very durable, and keeps the water out. Really like it. I have had so many issues with the dry bag style leaking, and just over all not being durable enough. Not to mention I have a lot of flexibility so I can throw in extra food or soda water of I hit a town.

@@MoveWithMurph very nice thanks a lot just checking them out now cheers

Thanks, that's one of my favorite parts of editing is when song really work. one of my favorite parts of riding is eating doughnuts, glad you enjoyed as much as I did.

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.

Awesome to meet you too Paul! Hope I can come visit again one day! So we can get redemption on Post Canyon

Thanks for watching, would love to get to sweden one day.

There's so much great biking in New Zealand, definitely get out there! Thanks for watching.

@@MoveWithMurph Doing the Heaphy this weekend!

It’s quite a challenge, but so beautiful! You’re gonna love it. I wish I had done a bit more upper body leading into it. Between running and biking I’m all legs, and really did a number on my back and shoulders. #worthit

It was such a blast

Wow, that’s some very meaningful feedback. Thanks for your support!

Thanks so much for watching, and your kind words!

Thanks Tarek, happy to have met you on an adventure such as this one!

Thanks for watching!\

Hahah, definitely getting toward the type 3 category, the day after the ride ended, I was having a hard time standing, and couldn't properly stand for like 3 days. I thought I had slipped a disk.

I wish I had gotten a few more shots of you during that time! I was just trying to keep up, thanks for the tip about the sun hoodie, really helped through that section. Do you have anything planned for this upcoming summer?

No concrete plans yet for summer. I have some loose plans for long weekends rides here in Oregon. I would like to either ride the Arizona Trail or Colorado Trail as my next big ride next year. I'm leaning towards riding the AZT, because I can most likely get the time off from work. Let me know if you find yourself back in Oregon let me know I would definitely like to ride at a more leisure pace where I sleep more and eat more and room for more non-biking activities.

@@ElYogurto both are heavy on my list. Good luck what ever you decide. Hahah I’ll try to bring suspension if you try to ride a little slower and we can meet in the middle. That would be great. Thanks for not discouraging me when we first met, I was kind of hoping you would say “maybe ride the Oregon Outback instead” hahaha

@@MoveWithMurph I was worried when I first saw your setup. After chatting and hearing your initial plan for the trail, I was more at ease😅. I was also impressed that you rode to Lakeview from Klamath Falls a couple of days before the race, not many people do that. I usually ride and prefer to ride at a much chiller pace. However, I got bitten by the race bug and my self-inflicted bike-setup forced me to keep pushing (especially uphill). Ha, the Oregon Outback is the route that got me into bikepacking and is one I revisit quite a bit. I rode it a month prior to the Timber Trail this year. You definitely had the right bike for the Outback, but the right mindset for the Timber Trail.

@ElYogurto that pavement ride was extremely hot, but I think it helped me clear my mind a little bit. Nothing like a good long bike ride to do that. Eased a bit of my concerns. Like ok, if I can enjoy that ride, no matter what happens next, I’ll probably enjoy it somewhat. After seeing you rise SS, I was pretty tempted to start building one. That’s a great set up for that trail. I’m gonna comeback one day and ride the Outback, it’s been on my list, I’ll let you know when I do and we can ride it together!

Thanks, that truely means a lot. I put (probably too much) effort into making these as enjoyable as possible.