Solo Bikepacking South America: Leonie Katekar

Leonie Katekar was 56 years old when she set off solo from Guatemala to cycle 12,000 kilometres to the tip of South America and had no prior solo bike travel experience. The whole adventure was driven by one question: what would you do if you weren't afraid?

In this episode:

• The chaotic Day One in Guatemala: lost, dehydrated, and rescued by a stranger before finishing half the ride
• Managing Central American heat by riding from 4:30am and being done before the worst of the day
• Getting blown clean off her bike in the winds of Patagonia
• Two back-to-back 4,000-metre passes in Peru and the moment she knew she could finish this
• Riding through Nicaragua despite every travel warning, and what she actually found there
• Traveling solo as a woman through South America
• The unexpected shift in her relationship with her four kids
• An Antarctic cruise, a book, and what she's planning next

Leonie's book When We're Not Afraid is available at leoniekatekar.com - order direct for a signed copy.

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