I guess I'm running from something.
People have different addictions
and I have the bike.
When I'm not cycling,
I'm sitting still.
And that sort of is the scary part of me.
It's been since before pandemic
that I wanted to do this amazing times out in the outdoors
and it's just about to get out there
and explore it.
I definitely chose a very hard route
and a lot of uphill.
I thought it was a big challenge
and I thought if I keep doing uphill,
maybe one day I enjoy uphill
and I actually hate uphills!
Good morning.
Day one of the trip
and today the reality comes to reality.
We are in La Paz.
We're gonna do around 45 to 50 kilometers.
It's actually fresh in the shadow
and really nice in the sun.
Probably burning sun.
It feels like happiness
but everybody is like serious.
It's just like I can't stop looking
there's so many colors and so many things to see around
and... Yeah!
I don't know, it's very interesting
I just wanna know everything about this culture.
Navigation
Yeah it's good!
Good to go!
Starting kicking me off the altitude!
I love exploring.
Yeah, I just love it.
I think like the more I do
the more I want.
It's gonna be...
an interesting...
journey.
I've never been...
above...
4 000m probably.
Not even 3 200m, I think.
And...
I am...
I can't talk!
Now, I need to breathe.
Mamma Mia!
This is mind-blowing!
I don't think it's a journey of achievement,
I think it's a journey of discover
and it's just
an everyday's route and ride.
You just see the things differently
from a bike than from a car or anywhere.
You discover the world through your own power
and that's very nice.
I don't know, I think it's the way you see the things
that you just shoot them differently.
I think the bike and the photography
just go together pretty well.
It's something that I got hooked up to a few years ago.
And first I had photography
and then I had cycling
but I didn't merge them together
until like long ago.
And now it's just like
it's hard for me to get out without a camera.
We bumped into some girls here in Bolivia.
They were stoked to try the bikes
so It's just very nice to see
how motivated they are to something
that is maybe new for them.
You always think about how lucky you are
to have what you have
and discover the world, and how they feel it.
I live in another kind of world
and these kids
they don't see this often.
I was raised with this.
I mean that's why I also ride in the places I ride.
It's just like pretty
absolutely fantastic.
So cute!
They're so!
I think the bike is a really attractive way to approach people.
You just suddenly appear somewhere
in the middle nowhere,
you arrive to that place and they're like : oh!
"Where do you come from?"
It's like interaction.
It gives you conversation, you know?
It's sports in general.
It doesn't need to be cycling
I think it's just getting out of your door
and just stepping into the unknown
that basically makes you be a better person, you know.
I always say that I'm a life explorer
because I just not explore through the sports
but also explore myself.
Holy Moly!
It's like it takes 20% of your air
and not 100%
Now I cannot even swallow,
laugh and take air at the same time.
I lost my taste in altitude too!
Thank you!
I think I take everything as a learning.
Sometimes you learn, sometimes you don't learn
and you repeat them
until you really learn them in a hard way.
and they say everything that goes up, goes down
and everything that goes down can go up.
So you just have to cope with it.
Oh f***!
This is not the end?
I have cramps in my belly.
I think because I didn't went to toilet before.
Keep pushing! keep pushing! keep pushing!
It's very cold.
How many kilometers did you do?
Only 47!
I am cooked!
What are you expecting for today?
Just reaching this like famous death road!
Narrow, graveled path with a big cliff down.
It's called death road because of something.
I guess it's not a good sign but...
It's gonna be OK!
Cycling is sort of an addiction
that you basically use
to escape those bad moments.
So, I think cycling obviously helped me
through all the hard times.
You have to concentrate on the road
and not die on the death road!
I’ve been chased by two dogs.
My heart is beating.
I don't know how far they are dangerous
but I definitely know that I don't want to get rabies or...
Well, it didn't broke it just got undone
and nearly made me crash.
Feeling good today!
Cheater!
You take the bus?
Now I think I'm going slightly down
but I'm not sure.
I think we're gonna go down probably from now.
Belly's cramping, and I'm freezing cold.
I definitely sunburned.
And I think I got a massive insolation.
The legs feel like you've done 200km
at 30 kph
and instead you do like 40km.
It's definitely the last day.
Bolivia was...
the hardest...
ever.
But it's fine! It's part of the game.
I just think I want to bring moments to show them exactly
what I feel like...
these amazing times out in the outdoors.
I think definitely I learned in this trip that time is gold.
I really wanted to start thinking about myself and stop thinking
about others first
and try to chill and take time
and plan things properly
and enjoy them also properly.
It doesn't really matter what you wear,
who you are, or where you are
or what thing you're doing, you know
what kind of sports you're doing.
I think it's just about to get out there
and explore it.