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Ride to Slide

It has been a personal odyssey, but after 13 years of attempts, BD’s backyard bike to ski adventure was completed. Check out the Ride to Slide post in the “Lessons” tab for an insider look at this multi-year project, including the beautifully shot film by Greg Cairns . Enjoy!

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Brett DavisApril 25, 2024
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View fullsize I am stoked to have learned that the Wild Bunch film made by @greg.cairns was recognized as one of the year’s top films by @bikepackingcom . If you haven’t seen it yet, we will be screening it at @coffeebearsilverton tomorrow evening (Fr
View fullsize It’s been great to get reacquainted with winter over the last couple of days. Lots of smiles were had as well as some super good turns. After missing winter last year, we are hoping for a good one this year. Let it snow! Also, for those in th
View fullsize Last weekend DD and I had the privilege to take my friend, Eden, on her first ever bike packing trip as part of her birthday celebration. At 9 years old she crushed it. We had lots of leftover Halloween candy to power us through, her new telescope fo
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View fullsize A few more images from a month off the grid. It was a grand adventure to see a canyon recede back to its original form before human influence. I am still processing all that we saw and experienced along with the history of how this reservoir came to
View fullsize When you spend a month in a place moving at the pace of the land you see and experience some things. @alpacka_raft @hyperlite_mountain_gear @lumix #thisispackrafting #exploration #beyondthewater #humanpoweredadventures
View fullsize It’s time for Fall Adventure #3. Thirty days with no resupply is a lot of food to pack and carry. See you all on the other side. Let’s do this! @alpacka_raft @hyperlite_mountain_gear #thisispackrafting #humanpoweredadventures #goingo
View fullsize Hey All! Tomorrow night is another chance to come get entertained and learn about our Wild Bunch bike adventure and see the fun film by @greg.cairns about the first part of our ride. It will be worth your time. Giddy up, I will see you all at 6:30 PM
View fullsize Fall adventure #2 is in the books. As part of our father & son ride series, my dad along with the amazing support of my mom rode the 240 mile Katy Trail across his home state of Missouri. At the age of 81 he crushed it. I’m not sure what ou
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View fullsize A stop to get up close and personal with yet another glacier yielded some unbelievable moments. Enjoy! @alpacka_raft @hyperlite_mountain_gear @republicofdoom @jonathansbailey #thisispackrafting #alaska #humanpoweredadventures #rivertrip
View fullsize As water from the creek grew into a river and was joined by yet more tributaries, we floated ever more quickly towards the sea on a growing liquid conveyor belt. Our river camps were stunning with evening fires and tasty river trip cuisine. We even h
View fullsize On day two, we woke up in a cloud and made our way blindly over a pass before descending to the beginnings of the water that would take us towards the ocean. The boating was continuous and super fun leading to a local watering hole and camp @tglazema
View fullsize A source to sea means getting to the source which meant a day of hiking on a glacier to an amazing camp site overlooking the glacier. It was a stunning first day! @hyperlite_mountain_gear @alpacka_raft @republicofdoom @jonathansbailey @tglazemarlow
View fullsize After a summer hiatus, my fall adventure season has begun…I recently returned from an amazing source to sea packrafting trip with the usual suspects, @republicofdoom and @jonathansbailey (more on that in the coming days) in the wild state of A
View fullsize The stoke is high on a quiet Sunday morning as I get to open up the newest edition of the Bike Packing Journal from @bikepackingcom and see a creative project that was a long time in coming. For those who are members of the Bikepacking Collective, I
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