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CycloExpedition Americas, it’s a 27,000-kilometre journey (16,900 miles)… on bicycle! The departure is set on the summer solstice 2012 from Inuvik, north of the Arctic circle, in the Northwest Territories of Canada and the arrival is planned one and a half years later in Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego, south of Patagonia, in Argentina. Moreover, to give a little bit more of vertigo to this challenge, the itinerary, as seen below, follows along and traverses many times over the dorsal spine of the continent, the Great Continental Divide, biking through the Rockies and the Andes.<\/p>\n

In Central America and north of South America, many weeks will be dedicated to volunteering in organic farm, doing WWOOF<\/a>ing or in other organizations.<\/p>\n

With the right photo equipment, unpredictable moments on the road will be shared. You will find on this website texts about our adventures, with photos<\/a> and videos<\/a> of this great project.<\/p>\n

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More detailled maps are available on this blog post<\/a> written in April 2012.<\/p>\n

Who is on the road?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Etienne Th\u00e9roux
\n<\/strong>Since he experienced his first trip when he was 17 years old, it’s hard for him to stay at the same place more than a year. Etienne has long-stay travel experiences in France, Canada, Australia and Spain. He also worked as a tour guide in Canada and United States. Through all this, he was able to finish his study in tourism and to continue classes at university in tourism management, communication and international cooperation. Loving life and curious about new things, he likes challenges even if sometimes they make his life harder. At 19 years old, he went across Canada on bicycle<\/a> with a friend, from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Victoria, British Columbia. They said to themselves at the end of the trip, as a joke, that after crossing the continent from east to west, they would have to do it from north to south. Seven years later, it’s not a joke anymore!<\/p>\n

Long term road partners<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"profilguille\"<\/a>Guillermo Sarmiento Gonz\u00e1lez
\n<\/strong>Joined the project from January 25th 2014 in Santiago, Chile to April 27th 2014 in Lapataia, Ushuaia, Argentina
\n<\/em>Guillermo, 26, hosted Etienne through CouchSurfing<\/a> while he was passing by Cali, Colombia. The idea of traveling by bicycle amazed him. Making his dream a reality two months after graduated in journalism and social communication, he took a flight to Santiago and join Etienne for the last 4.000 leg of the journey.<\/p>\n

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Pablo Mercker-Sagu\u00e9<\/strong>
\nJoined the project from October 18th 2012 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States to December 9th 2012 in Zacatecas, Mexico. <\/em>– Website<\/a>
\nPablo, 28, met Etienne when they were studying in Barcelona in 2010 and he remembers him very well talking about his plan for the first time on Pla\u00e7a Revoluci\u00f3. After having worked and studied in the tourism sector for over 10 years, he now decided to be a tourist himself… on a bike! He was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, but grew up in Bonn, Germany. This journey will be a wonderful way of getting to know his country of birth as well as almost a whole continent!<\/p>\n

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J\u00f6rg Schanbacher
\n<\/strong>Shared the road from Breaburn Lodge, Yukon, Canada, July 12th 2012 to Highway 20, Idaho, United States, on September 18th.
\n<\/em>Website<\/a>
\n35 year old and a big connoisseur of bicycle travel, J\u00f6rg went through United States from East to West and Australia from North to South, without counting all the travels he did in Europe. His hometown is around Stuttgart, Germany. This time, he started in Alaska with the objective of going to Patagonia. He caught up Etienne on the Klondike Highway in Yukon and they are traveling together since then. Their road will split up in United States, where he will meet his girlfriend in San Francisco to continue on the west coast as Etienne will go on with his journey through the mountains.<\/p>\n

Other cyclo-travelers which whom I shared the road with<\/strong><\/p>\n

St\u00e9phanie Vincent<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada – April 27, 2014 – Ushuaia to Lapataia, Argentina –\u00a0Website<\/a>
\nOmar Ochoa<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Argentina – April 22, 2014 – Rio Grande and outside this city, Argentina
\nGustavo Navarro<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Argentina – April 5, 2014 – Tamel Aike to Gobernado Gregores, Argentina
\nChristian Morici<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Argentina – March 10 to 27 and April 4 to 8, 2014 – Outside of Bariloche, Argentina, to Puerto Igeniero Iba\u00f1ez, Chile and R\u00edo Olnie to road crossing to El Chalt\u00e9n, Argentina
\nRub\u00e9n Orellana Ahumada<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Chile – March 2 to 6, 2014 – Puerto Fuy, Chile to Lago Falkner, Argentina
\nEranko Mol<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Chile – March 1st and 2nd, 2014 – Co\u00f1aripe to Puerto Fuy, Chile
\nSt\u00e9fan Simon and Magali Carron<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Switzerland – December 9, 2013 – toward Santiago, Chile – Website<\/a>
\nCaroline Tr\u00e9hu and Arthur Ply<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, France, on tandem – November 30 and December 1st, 2013 – on the road to Abra Agua Negra, Argentina –\u00a0Facebook Page
\n<\/a>Marion Dittus and Mathias Darbelay<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Switzerland – from November 18 to 28, 2013 – Cafayate to San Jos\u00e9 de Jach\u00e1l, Argentina –\u00a0Website<\/a>\u00a0(123)
\nDaniel P\u00f6tscke<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Germany – October 22, 2013 – La Paz to Patacamaya, Bolivia –\u00a0Website<\/a>
\nRon<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, United States – October 22, 2013 – La Paz to Patacamaya, Bolivia –\u00a0Website<\/a>
\nBenjamin Pouliquen and Faustine Huby<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, France – from August 21 to 29, 2013 – Parque Nacional de Huascar\u00e1n to Huancayo, Peru –\u00a0Website<\/a>
\nAdrian\u00a0Siegenthaler<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Germany – from August 15 to 18, 2013 – Ca\u00f1on del Pato to Huaraz, Peru
\nJohn and Katherine<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Australia – 27 and 28 juin 2013 – On the road to Pasto, Colombia
\nTim Roseborough<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Canada – 27 and 28 juin 2013 – On the road to Pasto, Colombia
\nHector Zavala Baez<\/strong><\/strong>,\u00a0Chile – April 5, 2013 – Toward Altagracia-Granada ferry –\u00a0Website<\/a>
\nMicaela\u00a0Neus<\/strong>, United States – from February 13 to 18, 2013 – From Panajachel to Salam\u00e1, Guatemala.
\nAnita Wehling<\/strong>, Germany – January 18 and 19 and from January 25 to 27, 2013 – From the mountains outside of Tapanatepex, Oaxaca, to Tuxtla Guti\u00e9rrez, Chiapas, Mexico and from San Cristob\u00e1l de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico to Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
\nTanel Ethne<\/strong>, Estonia – From January 17 to 19 janvier, 2013 – From outside of Juchit\u00e1n, Oaxaca, Mexico to Tuxtla Guti\u00e9rrez, Chiapas, Mexico – Website
\n<\/a>Stephanie Solvenson<\/strong>, Canada – September 24, 2012 – Outside of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States – Website<\/a>
\n<\/a>Iaroslav Vychemirski<\/strong>, United Kingdom – September 23, 2012 – Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States – Website<\/a>
\nPablo Garcia<\/strong>, Argentina – Septembre 1st, 2012 – From Glacier National Park to Columbia Falls, Montana, United States – Website<\/a>
\nLaurent Simon<\/strong>, France – From August 9 to 11, 2012 – From Prince George to Dunster, British Columbia, Canada – Website<\/a>
\nYuta Kuroyanagi<\/strong>, Japan – August 9 and 10, 2012 – From outside of Prince George to Ancient Forest, British Columbia, Canada
\nMaksim Kalashnikov<\/strong>, United States – July 21, 2012 – From Jade City to Dease Lake, Canada<\/p>\n\n\t\t