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Kate Leeming
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Kate Leeming
Explorer/adventurer. Kate has cycled a distance greater than twice around the world at the Equator. In the early ’90s when she rode a total of 15,000 km as her way of experiencing Europe, Kate developed her passion for travelling by bicycle. Since then, Kate has stepped it up, performing three major expeditions: the Trans-Siberian Cycle Expedition from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, the Great Australian Cycle Expedition with Greg Yeoman and the Breaking the Cycle in Africa expedition from Senegal to Somalia. Her next venture is Breaking the Cycle South Pole, which will be the first bicycle crossing of the Antarctic continent via the South Pole. She is preparing for this challenge with expeditions (polar, sand, altitude) on six continents.
Breaking the Cycle update: Salta to Llulliallaco
EPISODE 11 | 8th – 13th APRIL | SALTA TO LLULLIALLACO VOLCANO | DISTANCE – 300 KM | TOTAL DISTANCE – 2380km Leaving Salta, we were satisfied everything was in order to cycle and drive to Llulliallaco volcano. I wanted…
Breaking the Cycle update: Los Niños de Llullaillaco: a story of 3 child mummies, discovered in 1999
EPISODE 10 | 7th and 8th APRIL | SALTA | TOTAL DISTANCE – 2080 KM When I read an article last year in The Explorers Club Journal about the discovery in 1999 of three Incan child mummies, found near the 6739m…
Breaking the Cycle update: Into Argentina: Tupiza to Salta
EPISODE 9: 2nd – 6th APRIL | TUPIZA TO SALTA (489 KM) | TOTAL DISTANCE 2080 KM To keep to schedule I planned to step on the gas from Tupiza to Salta – almost 500km to do in four days.…
Breaking the Cycle update: The Lipez Range – Quetena Chico to Tupiza
EPISODE 8: 28th – 31st MARCH | QUETENA CHICO TO TUPIZA | TOTAL DISTANCE – 1591 KM My rest day was indeed a break from the bike, but it was an opportunity to see a little of what Quetena Chico, a…
Breaking the Cycle update: Licancabur and Uturuncu – two sacred mountains
EPISODE 7: 24th – 27th MARCH | SOL DE MANANA – VOLCAN LICANCABUR – QUETENA CHICO AND VOLCAN UTURUNCU | TOTAL DISTANCE 1.207 KM The southwest corner of Bolivia is an unworldly place. Just before reaching Laguna Colorada, I entered…
Breaking the Cycle update: Salt pans, lakes and rugged tracks
EPISODE 6: 18th – 23rd MARCH | UYUNI TO LAKE COLORADO | TOTAL DISTANCE 1.227 KM Before leaving Uyuni, I hadn’t mentioned the reason for its existence – the railway. The town was established in 1893 when the railway line was…
Breaking the Cycle update: Lake Poopo and the heartland of the Altiplano
EPISODE 5: 13th- 17th MARCH | TURCO TO UYUNI | TOTAL DISTANCE 915 KM With Reza flying out of Uyuni, Toby, Rolando and I drove back to Turco, the town where I stopped cycling due to my illness. I was much…
Breaking the Cycle update: An adventure makes its own path
EPISODE 4: 9th – 12th MARCH | SAJAMA TO TURCO, UYUNI | TOTAL DISTANCE – 501 KM Originally I wrote this blog as a part of the previous blog, but then realised it was a bit too big, so I have cut…
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