Bikepacking Through History with Erick Cedeño

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🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Erick Cedeño is known for bikepacking around the U.S. He has a passion for history and has biked along historical routes including the Underground Railroad and most recently, Erick traced the footsteps and tire treads of a group of U.S. soldiers known as the Iron Riders.

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0:00.0	This is not just US history. This is outdoor history. This is bikepacking history, and how come this man were not celebrated
0:17.0	like we celebrate pioneers in the outdoors, right? And for me that was the reason that I wanted to do it. I was like, I want to learn more.
0:27.4	Eric Sedano, also known as the bicycle nomad, is known for bike packing around the US. He rides through some of those beautiful parts of the country, but his trips aren't just about taking in the scenery.
0:39.0	Erica has biked along historical routes, including some famous ones established by
0:43.8	black Americans at the turn of the 20th century. Before he sets out, Eric does tons of
0:49.5	research to learn about the folks who travel these paths before him.
0:53.0	When he's on the road, he tries to connect with their stories,
0:56.7	the places they visited, and even their descendants.
1:00.2	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is wild ideas worth living an REI co-op studios production.
1:08.8	Over the past 15 years Eric Sedennial has gone on some pretty incredible adventures on his bike.
1:14.0	When he first started bike packing, he had a job that gave him two consecutive months off every
1:19.2	single year. During those two months, he would pack it as much adventure as he could.
1:23.8	He cycled the west coast of the US from Canada to Mexico.
1:27.3	He followed the Underground Railroad from New Orleans to Niagara Falls
1:31.3	and most recently in 2022 he recreated the journey of the
1:35.3	1897 Bicycle Corps of the US Army. Bike packing along these historical routes
1:41.0	has allowed Eric to connect his three main passions, history, biking, and cultural immersion.
1:48.3	Eric could never have imagined that bike packing would become such a major part of his life. He grew up in Miami, Florida and
1:54.9	describes the landscape there as pancake flat, but his mother took him traveling and always
2:00.5	encouraged him to keep exploring.
2:08.2	Eric Sedano, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living. Hi Shelby, thank you.
2:10.6	You've had so many great wild ideas, bike packing.
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