twentieth Anniversary Alaska to Argentina expedition trip ends on a excessive in southern most metropolis on this planet.
GlobeBusters are celebrating a profitable finish to their twentieth anniversary Trans Americas expedition, which rolled into Ushuaia on third December.
“Having ridden from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska and being on the highway for 5 months, using 22,000 miles by way of 14 nations, we’ve finished it! Let the celebrations start!” mentioned GlobeBusters founder and expedition chief Kevin Sanders.
The group consisted of 17 bikes, ridden by 14 males and three ladies, plus two feminine pillions.
At 79 years-old, Chris from England is the oldest individual to have ridden the Trans Americas route with GlobeBusters, going the space on his Triumph Tiger 1200 Explorer.
The riders – from as far afield as Australia, Canada and USA – set out from Anchorage in Alaska, nearly 20 years to the day since firm founders Kevin and Julia Sanders’ Guinness World File-breaking trip of the top-to-bottom route.
The primary leg noticed them trip as much as Prudhoe Bay within the Arctic Circle, earlier than turning south by way of Canada and the USA, after which over the border into the very completely different terrain, climate, tradition and peoples of Central and South America.
Alongside the way in which, the group climbed excessive into the steamy cloud forests and visited the breathtaking Mayan ruins of Palenque in Mexico; skilled an evening in a jungle lodge within the rainforests of Costa Rica; and adopted a route in Panama utilized by banana merchants because the 1900s.
After freighting the bikes throughout the impenetrable Darien Hole, the group picked up the route in Colombia, by way of the previous stomping floor of drug lord Pablo Escobar, and on in the direction of Ecuador to cross the Equator. 
As soon as within the Southern Hemisphere, the expedition entered Peru and skilled the traditional Inca capital of Machu Picchu; traversed the excessive Andean altiplano and the world’s largest salt flats in Bolivia. Then into Northern Argentina, earlier than reaching Santiago de Chile for the ultimate leg of the epic journey in Patagonia.
Co-founder Julia Sanders flew out from the UK, the place she has been working the enterprise whereas the remainder of the crew are on the highway, for the ultimate leg from Santiago to Ushuaia;
“Patagonia is completely beautiful and ideal for bike journey. I couldn’t miss the chance to have a good time the twentieth anniversary of our Guinness World File by using with my boys”.
Kevin’s son Rhys Lawrey joined the GlobeBusters Staff this 12 months as Tour Supervisor, and was equally impressed to be a part of the anniversary trip:
“There are few bike experiences that may contact the Pan American; the size, the problem of the terrain, the breathtaking landscapes, tradition, peoples and experiences. To be a part of the twentieth anniversary expedition was one thing I’ll always remember.”
Rhys and the crew at the moment are turning their consideration to the subsequent Trans Americas, which takes place from July twenty fourth to December twelfth 2025. For a full journey itinerary and to ebook an area, name +44 (0)3452 30 40 15 or go to www.globebusters.com.
