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Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook Trailblazer Guide
Worldwide Cycling Route & Planning Guide
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
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Fully revised and updated 3rd edition of the indispensable guide for anyone planning (or dreaming) about taking their bicycle on a long-distance adventure. This comprehensive guide will make that dream a reality whether it's cycling from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, across Asia, around Australia or the length of Africa.Contents includes:Part 1 Planning and preparation: What kind of ride? Seasons Budget and time Companions Researching information Documentation Visas Insurance Money HealthPart 2 Bikes, Clothing & Camping Gear: Narrowing down your bike choices - Frame material and component options - Top touring bikes Comfort zone Tools and spares - Carrying luggage How much stuff? Bikepacking setup; Clothing Footwear; Camping Tents Sleeping bags and mats Stoves Treating water Kitchen essentials Electronic devicesPart 3 On the road: Transporting your bike Navigating Staying in touch Health Hygiene Staying Safe Dirt-road ridingPart 4 Route Outlines Europe to Asia & Australasia Practical information and touring tips for: Europe Southern route through Turkey, Iran and Pakistan Indian subcontinent Caucasus Central Asia Northern route through Russia & Mongolia East Asia South East Asia Australasia.Part 5 Route Outlines Africa Practical information and touring tips for: the Nile Route East and Southern Africa the Sahara West and Central Africa.Part 6 Route Outlines the Americas Practical information and touring tips for: Pan-American Highway - Alaska to the Lower 48 Pacific Coast Route Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Mexico and Central America Negotiating the Darien Gap Riding the Andes from Colombia to Patagonia .Part 7 Tales from the Saddle Seven first-hand accounts of spoke-bending biking adventures worldwide.Bicycle Maintenance AppendixThe Handbook contains 32 pages of colour including 28 photos and a 2-page world map showing Highlights of the Adventure Cycle-Touring World; over 250 black and white photos and 7 regional route outline maps.
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All the information you need to hike or bike your way through Perus's Cordilleras Blanca and Huayhuash, the 2nd most popular tourist region after the Inca Trail. This spectacular region boasts some of the most beautiful scenery in the Andes, and offers the most accessible high mountain trekking and biking in the world. Perfect pyramidal peaks, gargantuan ice falls and turquoise alpine lakes are all easily reached from Huaraz, the region's capital and centre of tourist comforts. This practical guide contains 50 detailed route maps and descriptions covering 20 hiking trails and more than 30 days of paved and dirt road cycling. Trekking – includes the classic treks: Huayhuash Circuit, Santa Cruz and Alpamayo Base Camp, as well as lesser known, wild walks in valleys which see few visitors. Ranging from easy day hikes to challenging routes of 10 days or more, all can be trekked independently or inguided groups.Cycling – includes a loop of Peru’s highest mountain - the Huascaran Circuit - as well as four other multi-day rides and five day-cycles from Huaraz. Covers all the information cyclists need to pedal past glaciers on 6000m peaks or fly down 2500m descents from high passes.Mountain-biking – includes 2 detailed downhill routes and information on organising guides to lead you through the labyrinth of exciting singletrack to be found in the area.Lima, Huarez and gateway towns – hotels, restaurants, what to see, street plans