Spanish Bikepacking Diary: Day One

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This 17 day series of Amanda’s first ever multiday bikepacking trip is exclusively available to Singletrack World Members. It gets more scenic as the journey unfolds, so stay tuned for more updates! In February 2023 me and my Partner In Climb Rhys embarked on a bikepacking journey from Barcelona to Malaga, making sure to go up and over as many mountain passes as possible along the way. An overall journey of 1,200km* with 20,000m* ascent…

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Amanda Wishart

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Amanda is our resident pedaller, who loves the climbs as much as the descents. No genre of biking is turned down, though she is happiest when at the top of a mountain with a wild descent ahead of her. If you ever want a chat about concussion recovery, dealing with a Womb of Doom or how best to fuel an endurance XC race, she's the one to email.

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    brakestoomuch
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    Fair play to you both; that sounds like a hell of an undertaking. I’m looking forward to the rest of the adventure, not least to see where you get giant cardboard boxes in Malaga.

    Posted 1 year ago
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    gecko76
    Full Member

    Brilliant read,thanks.

    Posted 1 year ago
    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    That’s some meaty distance and climbing!

    Posted 1 year ago
    MoreCashThanDash
    Full Member

    Great read, looking forward to the next instalment

    Posted 1 year ago
    lucasshmucas
    Full Member

    That’s ace. Can’t wait to read more.

    Posted 1 year ago
    ampthill
    Full Member

    @amandawishart

    I saw some photos on Instagram of this trip and I’m glad we are not getting the write up. Loved the description of Your bloke using his engineering skills to plan everything in detail

    27 years ago, at Eastet, 4 of us set off from Malaga airport. To be fair we just to be back their 14 days later but we had no other plan.

    At the end of day 1 we were exhausted despite having only covered 60 km. We had noticed quite a bit of up add down. Only after we got home did we realise that we had crossed a 2000m pass. I hate to think what the total ascent was

    Like you we did had a top engineer on hand. Fourth in his year at Cambridge for engineering. Now an engineering professor at Oxford university and in charge of the countries quantum computer project. His planning contribution? After a week he had a really long look at the map and said “Spain is a Bo**ocks big country”.

    I can’t wait for part 2

    Posted 1 year ago
    dudeofdoom
    Full Member

    FYI If you’re after an isotonic/electrolyte drink you’ll find ‘Aquarius’ pretty much everywhere and it’s nice to grab a 1.5 out of the nearest petrol stations fridge on a hot day and they do various flavours.

    (Sneaky edit as your all done 🙂 )

    Posted 1 year ago
    pistonbroke
    Free Member

    Scrub that, didn’t see it happened in Feb.

    Posted 1 year ago
    eskay
    Full Member

    Great read, I do love a good touring thread.

    Posted 1 year ago
    Jordan
    Full Member

    You’re gonna need them boxes when you get to the airport home…….great read btw.

    Posted 1 year ago
    mogrim
    Full Member

    And yes, those caterpillars are poisonous. And quite dangerous if you have a dog. They’re also a plague here in Madrid and are causing serious problems to the pine trees. Horrible things!

    Posted 1 year ago
    amandawishart
    Full Member

    The caterpillars become quite prominent as we get deeper into the countryside. Horrible things indeed!

    Posted 1 year ago
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