Video of Inverness
Caption: unknown Biking in the Torridon Mountains
Picture of Torridon
Caption: The beauty of riding in a new place is that you never truly know what
to expect. Sure you can do your research, read maps, look at photos, and study the weather, but the beauty of a true adventure is that element of the unknown.
Picture of Inverness
Caption: With this at the forefront of our minds, we set off ready to embrace whatever lay on the trail ahead.
Picture of Inverness
Video of Torridon
Caption: The Northern Highlands of Scotland have a heavy reputation. Beautiful, certainly— but rugged, rocky, rainy, windy, and muddy are the words most often chosen.
Picture of Torridon
Caption: Nothing could have prepared
us for the vastness and exposure of the Highlands. I often felt
like a tiny spec in a sea of rock with no tree in sight to provide shelter from the elements.
Rains fall horizontally
and the sea winds cut.
Video of Torridon
Caption: We spun our wheels through soft peat bogs and up steep climbs, descended the other side until we couldn't hold the bars anymore and finished rides in the dark.
Picture of Torridon
Video of Torridon
Caption: We finished our adventure with sore legs, our memory banks stoked full, and a thirst to continue exploring the unknown. MountainBikeWorldwide Anthill Films
