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Horace and The Rough Stuff Fellowship
13 Mar 1 Logan Watts / videoHorace and The Rough Stuff Fellowship is a film from 2014 that features an interview with Dick Phillips about the 1933 and 1958 bicycle trips across Iceland alongside some amazing footage of a more modern mountain bike tour through the country. Watch it here alongside a stunning photo gallery…
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The Further Away, The Better (Video)
26 Feb 26 Lucas Winzenburg / videoThe Further Away, The Better is a new video from our friend George Marshall and Rapha in which 86-year-old Rough Stuff Fellowship member Ron Bartle recounts the tale of his 1958 expedition across the interior of Iceland. Find Ron’s inspiring story and a short interview with George here…
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A Line in the Sand (Film)
18 Nov 13 Lucas Winzenburg / videoA Line in the Sand is a new film that beautifully captures a nine-day bikepacking traverse of Iceland by Chris Burkard, Emily Batty, Adam Morka, and Eric Batty. Watch the full 17-minute film here…
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Announcing The Bikepacking Journal 05
29 Oct 8 Team Work / newsWe’ll soon be publishing the latest issue of The Bikepacking Journal, our biannually printed publication. As a heads up, the deadline to join our Bikepacking Collective and have your membership start with Issue 05 is just around the corner at 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, October 17th. Back cover by Chris Burkard (Iceland), front cover […]
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Chris Burkard’s Iceland Crossing Gear List (video)
17 Sep 18 Logan Watts / gear-listsIn his latest video, photographer Chris Burkard goes over all the gear he brought on his east-to-west bikepacking expedition across the interior of Iceland. Watch it here…
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Shared Territory Iceland (film)
22 Jul 1 Miles Arbour / videoShared Territory: Iceland documents the re-discovery of ‘Sprengisandur’, a pre-Medieval Trans-Icelandic route that traverses the entire island, north to south. Watch the full film and explore the route map here. Plus, see more photos and learn about the project…
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Iceland Divide, a Film by Montanus
51 Nov 28 Montanus / videoIceland Divide is a new short film from Montanus that chronicles their recent bikepacking trip across Iceland, straight through the country’s notoriously unforgiving and desolate interior. Watch the full film here, along with behind the scenes photos and notes on the bikes and gear used for the trip…
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344 mi. / 554 km9 days
Iceland Divide (North-South)
140 Oct 17 Montanus EuropeJust below the Arctic Circle, situated between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, a remote land emerges from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, dominated by huge glaciers, ashen deserts, and mighty lava structures. Here, along the fault line that crosses the island from north to south, the incessant work of fire and ice traced a route that runs through a world of immeasurable desolation and enthralling beauty, the Icelandic Highlands. -
Blood, Sweat and Skyr
18 Nov 15 RJ Sauer / storiesRJ Sauer’s fat-bikepacking trip through Iceland takes a turn for the worse, sending his party on a quest for the elusive “Bike Repair Enthusiast” in the mystical mountains of Kerlingarfjöll…