We were drenched because it was raining.

All of our gear was wet.

We had been going through rivers and puddles the whole day.

And then we came over that pass.

And like, I don't know, half an hour after starting our descent, the sun came out.

And I wrote in my journal that it was one of the best days of my year.

Episode 309, bikepacking in the Ecuadorian Andes with Uriel Isson and Maggie Burke.

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Hi friends. Thank you again for listening to the Adventure Sports podcast. Kurt here. I have Maggie Burke and Uriel Isson on the phone, and Maggie and Uriel did something really kind of fun and innovative. I'm excited to hear about. They decided to make a lot of their own gear and go down to the Ecuadorian Andes and do some bikepacking. So they made their own

bike packing bags and tent and then went down there to test it. Didn't really know Spanish didn't

have a lot of plans, just kind of went out there and they just kind of winged it. So welcome to the

program, Maggie and Uriel. We want to find out about this crazy trip. Awesome. Yeah, glad to be here.

Thanks for inviting us on. Yeah, thank you very much. You bet. So I guess let's get a little backstory before we dive into the trip so people know who we're talking to. So Uriel, you're in Pittsburgh. Who is Uriel? Yeah, so I am here in Pittsburgh, I've been working on a startup for the past three years,

sort of tied into the startup community here.

I guess in a nutshell, I'm sort of a compulsive builder and maker.

Um, I sleep under my workbench.

And I mean, you know, it's big enough for a bed so there's space under

there but I was sewing studio and sort of machining machining stuff and I'm

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