The Final Countdown

Posted by Alex on 25 July 2009

Greetings everyone, I am Fins new team mate and I would like to start by saying what an honour and pleasure it is for me to have been selected to become a part of this trip.

In less than two weeks, my life has been turned upside down. On the 10th of July, I was in central Thailand enjoying a nice meal of papaya salad and other thai delicacies with no known prospects of leaving the Land of Smiles, and now I am frantically packing bags, sorting out insurances and getting last minute visas, ready for my departure next wednesday. 

When Fin first told me that a position was opening up on this amazing trip, I could hardly contain myself. I was already picturing him and I cycling through pristine boreal forests and battling steep hills for hours on end. My imagination was running wild at all possibilites for adventure and the potential hardships that would befall us. I probably got a little carried away as, by the time I got confirmation from the team that I was to join them, I had already planned my return to France and started looking at all the gear that I would need. 

Now, with nearly all my gear ready and packed and only a few days before I fly out to Alaska to join Fin, I have a few moments to sit back and actually digest what is happening and what an absolutely fantastic experience this is going to be. I still cannot believe that this is all going ahead, and on such short notice. 

There is nothing left for me to do now but to enjoy the ride...

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