Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin · 2018
The long way
to the Arctic Ocean
South to the end of the road at Ushuaia, then north until the road ran out again at the Arctic Ocean.
- Distance
- ~57'000 km
- Countries
- 13
- Highest
- 4'762 m
- Latitude
- 55°S — 69°N
The route
Buenos Aires to Ushuaia and back up Ruta 40. The end of the road first, then everything after it is north.
Patagonian border hopping, Carretera Austral gravel, then the driest desert on the planet.
Altiplano above 4,000 m. Thin air the Africa Twin was noticeably unhappy about.
The Cordillera Blanca, and passes that outlast a tank of fuel.
Volcanoes, rain, and the equator crossed on two wheels.
Coffee country and the last of the continent before the Darién Gap.
Big country, cheap fuel, roads built for exactly this.
North through British Columbia and up the Dempster to Tuktoyaktuk, where the road stops at the Arctic Ocean.
Stories
7th Annual Chip Run
Sixty riders, a memorial run, and a stranger who said yes to a bed for the night.
La Cordillera Blanca
Three hours across the highest tropical mountain range in the world, and a snow storm at 4,680 m.
