US REPORT

May 18, 2014 | Hitchin Home, Iceland, North America, USA

We were going to do it cheap: wave our thumbs and crash in random peoples homes. For a number of reasons that never happened. The planned hitching adventure turned ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

US REPORT

May 18, 2014 | Hitchin Home, Iceland, North America, USA

We were going to do it cheap: wave our thumbs and crash in random peoples homes. For a number of reasons that never happened. The planned hitching adventure turned into a comfortable and classic rental road trip with daily motel shelter. It was a terrible choice for our thin wallets but with only twelve days to play with it gave us freedom and time; we avoided quite a lot of stress and sweat. In general it’s not very rare that Rustan is late but his 36 hour delay to Los Angeles was actually not his fault but the airlines. We ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

FLY CALI

May 1, 2014 | Hitchin Home, North America, USA

A week ago I arrived to Los Angeles from New Zealand. At LAX I picked up a shiny rental car and set off north toward San Francisco. Driving freeways ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

FLY CALI

May 1, 2014 | Hitchin Home, North America, USA

A week ago I arrived to Los Angeles from New Zealand. At LAX I picked up a shiny rental car and set off north toward San Francisco. Driving freeways out of LA in seriously aggressive an intense traffic is intimidating when used to sleepy country roads in kiwi-land. The contrast is insane. Once on highway 1 the traffic died off and I could relax and enjoy grand coastal vistas. Eager to paraglide I made it to Pacifica just south of San Francisco early the day after leaving LA. I had five days to play with and on the agenda ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

HITCHIN HOME

April 11, 2014 | Hitchin Home, New Zealand, Oceania

It's time to start moving, time to head for flyable weather. With wing, thumb and gigantic smile I'm leaving Christchurch and heading north towards Auckland. I'm in for a ...