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Bikepacking Races and Life with Steve O’Shaughnessy

June 16, 2022 • George Balarezo/Steve O’Shaughnessy • Season 1 • Episode 9

In this episode My Back 40 Podcast host Steve O'Shaughnessey and I talk about the great outdoors, bikepacking races in North America, mental health, and the wisdom gained from being on a bicycle.

Steve has raced the AR 700, a 700 kilometer gravel race through the Alberta Rocky Mountains, the BC Epic 1000 in four days and four hours while raising money for The Masaka Cycling Club in Uganda.

As I type these words he is now in the midst of action on The Tour Divide, which roughly follows the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR). The route crisscrosses the Continental Divide from north to south starting in Banff, Alberta, Canada and finishing at the US/Mexico border in Antelope Wells, New Mexico.

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