Outside Online

Aaron Gulley

Jen and I are not people who sit still much. Less than a week after we picked up Artemis, we hatched our first adventure: head-to-head journeys across Arizona. Earlier in the winter, I’d briefly contemplated racing the 750-mile length of the Arizona Trail. The ride involves humping everything you need (clothes, camping equipment, food, water) over tons of difficult single track, with the added, slightly insane twist that you have to carry your bike across the Grand Canyon on your back as it’s illegal to ride in the park.

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