Engine overheat mitigation at 1,500 m elevation

Day 50 Altitude sickness for motorcycles and how to cure it

July 17th 2015
Distance driven today: 177 miles / 285 km Cumulative distance driven: 8,776 miles / 14,124 km Today’s trip: Caucasia to Medellin, Colombia Almost squeezed between two trucks on the switchbacks over the mountains towards Medellin: yes Our first riding leg in the morning was pretty uneventful, and we drove along the Cauca River at an elevation of 30-100m / 100-300ft. Once we hit the ... read more

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more

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Christer Garbis

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We are a dad and a daughter from Seattle on a double mission; to help a small part of the world increase its digital literacy, and at the same time ride the PanAmerican highway. Hence our name "Ride the world for reading"! We are both passionate about literacy and education, each in our own way, and this trip is our way of giving back to society in a way that combines our two passions, i.e. adventure travelling and education. We plan to ride our BMW GS 1200 Adventure motorcycle from Fairbanks Alaska to Ushuaia in southern Argentina. The PanAmerican highway is the wo... full info

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