Tuesday 22nd March 2022 67.8km, +292m, 3:35 moving, avg 18.9 km/h, max 33.9Riding through onto the traditional lands of the Gubrun (Kubrun) people. Link to rwgps - but my time stamp went haywire this day. We definitely didn't start the evening before - so the elapsed time is crap. We left at 5.20am. While it …
IP Day 3 – Bruce Rock to Carrabin
Monday 21st March 202294km, +450m 4:25 moving, 7:23 elapsed. avg 21.3km/h, max 49.9 km/h From yesterday afternoon through today we were travelling through the traditional lands of the Njaki Njaki Nyoongar people - Shackleton, Bruce Rock, Merredin, and Carrabin (and tomorrow, Moorine Rock.) So, a more civilised time of departure today - at about 7.30am – …
IP Day 2 – York to Bruce Rock
Sunday 20th March147.8km, +839m, Moving time 7:45 elapsed 10:49 Avg 19 km/h Max 47 km/h6:09am departure. (not sure what we did for breakfast) Strava comment: Last time I believe the +m in a RWGPS route 🥴... Only did about double what the route reckoned. (Not great psychologically when you've made a note in your head …
IP Day 1 – Fremantle to York
Saturday 19th March126km, +1,426m Moving time: approx 7 hrs; Elapsed time: 9:30My Strava 'description': Hard yakka on the tandem, nearly 1000m climbing in the first 60k 👀 (but we knew that would be the case) Could have done without the stiff easterly. (click through to rwgps route) The Noongar (/ˈnʊŋɑː/, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar, Nyoongar, …
Countdown
So, really, the start of a tour isn't the first day on the road. Sure, there's the (sometimes long) lead-up of route planning, and (if needed) the acquiring of new gear. For me, it really starts when the packing does.T minus 7, T minus 6… Saturday & Sunday 12/13th MarchOne week till the start, but …
Indipac 2022 – Recap time
I promised myself - and Marc - that I would come back and record our IPWR/Indipac ride... tour... journey....adventure.... utter madness... (can't quite decide what to call it) in more detail here. While we posted to our TwoUp Facebook page most days, it was pretty brief, and it's also not particularly easy to scroll back …
Day by day progress
Will be adding each day's ride (in a different colour) to this as we go. Well, whenever we have internet, and the energy!
Indipac links
Satellite tracking site MAProgress:We're 'TwoUp'https://indianpacificwheelride2022.maprogress.com/ Our FB page https://www.facebook.com/twouptandem The Indipac Dot Watchers FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IPWR.DW
Indipac 2022
Or more accurately, the Indian Pacific Wheel Ride - IPWR 2022. File this one under 'stark raving mad'.For anyone who has never heard of it, Indipac (Indian - Pacific) was once a trans-Australian 'race'. Now it's a 'ride'. A Challenge (capital C). An Adventure. It's a ride across Australia on a set route, from Perth …
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