I had never heard of Megavalanche but I guessed that it was something cool because when Macky saw the sign for Megavalanche Patagonia he almost jumped out of his pants with excitement. He spent awhile hopping up and down and babbling about glaciers and 7,000 foot changes in elevation until he remembered that neither of us have a long travel bike, a full face helmet or pads. This killed the mood for about half an hour until an email from the race organizer established that Megavalanche Patagonia isn’t quite like the real Megavalanche and “of course you can do it on an xc bike you don’t need a full face so glad you are coming to race it’s going to be awesome!!!!!!!” (Editor’s Note: This is a translation but the sentiment and punctuation of the original were preserved.) Continue reading →