April 18, 2026

Intro The decision to stay another night in Cajabamba didn’t come from a place of laziness, but a cold calculation of lung capacity. With a 1,000-meter climb sitting right outside the city limits, the partly cloudy sky didn’t look like an invitation so much as a warning that I wasn’t Read more

Intro I spent today anchored in Cajabamba, trading the rhythm of the pedals for the slow, heavy pulse of a head cold. The sky was a lukewarm mix of clouds and sun, but the road stayed out of reach while I tried to coax my body back into a functioning Read more