Check out this amazing article on Expedition Portal. Look close and you’ll see the bike is geared up with Giant Loop Round The World Panniers and a Fandango Tank Bag on the rugged Telkwa Pass — British Columbia’s “Shortcut” between Smithers and Terrace…
“If you Google Telkwa Pass, it’s categorized as a hiking trail: overgrown and seldom used by two-wheelers like our GS bikes…
The trail has become overgrown and claustrophobic-feeling. Steep up and down sections come at frequent intervals. My front tire hits embedded rocks, sending me into unplanned wheelies…
After almost a year of riding through a dozen-plus countries by this point, I feel more confident with river-crossings, loose dirt, and rocks. But Telkwa Pass was like shaking all that stuff in a jar, dumping out the contents, then being asked to ride it on a unicycle…
It’s hard to appreciate what goes into the making of a dual-sport bike to convince us the machines can take such beatings. I do, however, know what goes into the making of a dual-sport rider, and that is the desire to get somewhere extraordinary on two wheels—even through suffering. Our mentality is along the same lines as Everest climbers or marathon runners. Sometimes, you just need to see if you can.” — Heather Lea, Expedition Portal 10.8.21
Read the entire article here — a gripping story with lots of amazing photos!
Photos provided by ridingfullcircle.com, Uncle “M” (advrider.com), and Jillian Kofoed (Totem Auto Group)
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