Why do we BIKEPACK? | On the Bike with the Pack | Monumental Loop

Why do people bikepack? Because it’s the best.

Mehedi and I pedaled the Monumental Loop in southern New Mexico near the end of January 2023. I brought heavy camera stuff, and interviewed Mehedi afterward.

Not shown in video: cowboy camping in subfreezing temps, javelina hallucinations (still sure they are real), one of our bikes flying off the car on the freeway on the way down there, stuff like that.

Mehedi and his partner Erin are seasoned bike packing vets. They spent 18 months bike packing through Central and South America. Check out their journey ‪@LetsGoCarino‬ .

Thanks to Matt Mason and Pablo Lopez for creating the Monumental Loop route.

Let’s go ride? Seriously. I’m down.

| On the Bike with the Pack | ©2023
Featuring: Mehedi Van Hattum
Video: Nate Reininga