Adventure travelogue: Bolivia, Chile, Argentina mountain biking/mountaineering

[Chris Goulet]

What better way to experience the Andes of Argentina, Chile and
Bolivia than to weave though them by mountain bike? Chris Goulet not
only hauls along three weeks of supplies through remote high passes,
but also his entire high-altitude mountaineering gear and reaches the
summit of Cerro Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas, and solos
Nevado Ojos del Salado, the loftiest active volcano on Earth.
Unsponsored and without outside support, he cycles on through surreal
landscapes in absolute desert and across vast salt flats. More
difficulties await in the steaming tropical rainforest.

His unique equipment and techniques allow dreams to unfold. This
account takes you though the epic with the emotions of an explorer:
fascination, determination, anxiety, and with the bonus of
exhilarating freedom.

http://www.geocities.com/chris_goulet/

 

[taywood]

"Chris Goulet" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:5MVnd.197278$9b.142759@edtnps84...

snip > Chris Goulet not
> only hauls along three weeks of supplies through remote high passes, but
> also his entire high-altitude mountaineering gear and reaches the summit
> of Cerro Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas, and solos Nevado
> Ojos del Salado, the loftiest active volcano on Earth. Unsponsored and
> without outside support, he cycles on through surreal landscapes in
> absolute desert and across vast salt flats. More difficulties await in the
> steaming tropical rainforest.
>
> His unique equipment and techniques allow dreams to unfold.
snip

Tell you what I hate.
Its when some writer talks about himself as if he were another
different better person than himself.

 

[Pizza Man]

taywood blathered:
>
> Tell you what I hate.
> Its when some writer talks about himself as if he were another
> different better person than himself.

Lighten up Francis.

Did you even bother to check out the web site?

The intro on Chris's post is no different from the type of writing
style you would see on the back cover of any adventure book. It may
have been written by an editor or even the author himself. So what. If
you had actually read any of his story on the site you would see that
he only refers to himself as "I". Of course, for all I know you make
take offense to that too.

A journey like that is completely beyond my ability, so I am grateful
when others are willing to share their tales and take me along for a
grand adventure in my mind.

Instead of trashing the guy with no good reason, I would prefer to
praise him for taking on such a difficult adventure, then taking the
time and effort to share that odyssey with other cycling adventurers
(even shallow, trolling types like yourself).

Hmmm... "a different better person than himself". I'm guessing he is
exactly "himself". I don't know either of you chaps, but if I were a
betting man, I would guess Chris is a "better" man than you.

I've wasted enough of my time on you. Back to Chris's site for the
rest of the outing.

Cheers. Tracy

 

[Chris Brown]

What better way to experience the Andes of Argentina, Chile and
Bolivia than to weave though them by mountain bike? Chris Goulet not
only hauls along three weeks of supplies through remote high passes,
but also his entire high-altitude mountaineering gear and reaches the
summit of Cerro Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas, and solos
Nevado Ojos del Salado, the loftiest active volcano on Earth.
Unsponsored and without outside support, he cycles on through surreal
landscapes in absolute desert and across vast salt flats. More
difficulties await in the steaming tropical rainforest.

His unique equipment and techniques allow dreams to unfold. This
account takes you though the epic with the emotions of an explorer:
fascination, determination, anxiety, and with the bonus of
exhilarating freedom.

http://www.geocities.com/chris_goulet/

I'm rarely one to fault another who wants promote himself with shameless bragging, but hey, we already have the tracksterman, who's the real deal, and manages to do all that without blowing so hard on the horn. Capiche?

there can be only one...

paladin