Comments on: Day54-Clawing our way over the Andes!, Sat, Feb 19, 2011

By: Jeff Gallagher

Jeff Gallagher — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:49:42 +0000

Ok, we are all having a good laugh at your expense. I’m days behind in reading. You might already be home!

By: Kelly Edgerley

Kelly Edgerley — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:43:26 +0000

OMG! Tears streaming down my face on your last posts. I hope you’re going to shoot that lame horse at the end of the ride. You have to put it out of your collective misery! Glad you’re both still chugging along though. It’d be cool if Dean’s bike actually makes it all the (albeit slow) way. Good luck. Hang in there. (pictures please!) xoxo

By: Ray D. KD6FHN

Ray D. KD6FHN — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:05:58 +0000

Hey Dean, put pedals on it. You could do 70 on those steep downhill grades on a bicycle. Thank goodness Lisa has music to listen to. I can picture her mouthing bad things to those cars & truck drivers passing you. Wish I was there to witness it all. What an experience. I am so envious.

By: PuppyChow

PuppyChow — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:26:34 +0000

Look at ‘em go!

By: Ron Ayres

Ron Ayres — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:30:14 +0000

Don’t worry guys, the winds won’t get REALLY bad until you get south of Comodoro Rivadavia. This is the last big town you’ll see.
Ron

By: Alex Harper

Alex Harper — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 07:41:42 +0000

It sounds like Eowyn is growing faster than you two are moving! I keep thinking. Some weird chunk of debris jammed in some as-yet unidentified widget will break free, and Dean’s Strom will suddenly jump to lightspeed. Good luck… May the gremlins get board and bail out on the ride.

By: Tim Yow

Tim Yow — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:33:41 +0000

You guys are keeping me on the edge of my seat—I hope that Osorno was less foggy for you then it was for me–I couldn’t see 10′ in front of my face. You will always remember this trip in vivid detail. I’m glad that you’re rounding 3rd.

By: John C

John C — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:50:14 +0000

Dean may be the luckiest man alive, blessed to ride with a person with a wonderful sense of humor. Never a dull moment, right Lisa?

By: beemerbird

beemerbird — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:41:19 +0000

Yes, guys, the infamous Patagonian winds await you! Also the 150kms of dirt through the Chilean dogleg and back into Argentina. May I recommend the “inland track” aka the “locals road”, from Cerro Sombrero to the ARG border? It’s easier, and far less broken up than the main (dirt) highway with all the truck and bus traffic on it – according to the locals, anyway. And I agree, as I followed the locals’ advice and did it twice, no problems at all, however it is very remote with barely a homestead to break the glorious scenery.