Climate Ride, Founder and Executive Director | Board Member, Whitefish Community Foundation
I've never had so much fun being a tester for a challenging bike tour. Our Climate Ride group tackled what is considered the hardest gravel challenge in Europe...the Andulusian Badlands route. It was extremely difficult but the skills we gained from pushing ourselves to the limit are unforgettable. **Climate Rides are not intended to be sufferfests (we always have multiple options and support to accommodate a variety of cyclists!), but on this one, we knew we were taking on a crazy challenge. We sweat buckets for every dollar raised. These types of experiences are transformational and convince me that we are capable of so much more. We rode through washes that seemed too sandy to ride, climbs that seemed too steep to pedal, and deserts that seemed too hot to travel through. But we persisted and we can utilize this strength to champion the cause of people and the environment. You can learn more about the Badlands and the ReWild project here: https://badlands.cc/ Note: We did this with support. But for the truly rugged, it is an unsupported ultracycling gravel ride: 800km 16.000m across the only deserts in Europe, the wild coast of Cabo de Gata, and the highest Col in the continent, Pico Veleta at 3.396m.
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