Isolation & adventure in the high country
After being exposed to so many uncomfortable things during 2020, it’s no wonder everyone has been reaching in to the old memory bank for something that might have brought them joy in the past, looking for that one thing to recreate that might bring them some joy in 2020. I’m sure that for anyone reading this, those memories consisted of many hours spent on two wheels, few distractions and far less weight… of responsibility. The only snag, well actually one of probably many snags, is that the passage of time has meant that those memories may be so vivid yet seem so far away from our current reality, not because of a pandemic, but because the ability to spend hours on a bike at one time takes years to develop, not only that it disappears at a rate much crueller than seems fair given the amount of effort required to get that strength in the first place, the thought of building up to that point again is what regularly snaps us back into our present-day reality. However there is a solution. E-bikes.
A TYPICAL SUMMERS DAY IN FALLS CREEK
When we headed to Falls in early December to do this story, I wasn’t surprised by the weather report, the first days of summer were starting off with predicted snow showers. After growing up in the
