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Last Seen: Bogota, Colombia
Total Mileage: 6,125 by bike; 801 hitching
Days Traveling: 547
Top Speed: 44 mph
Highest Mileage (per day): 81
Least Mileage (per day): .4
Greatest Elevation Gain (per day): 6540 feet - Espinazo del Diablo
Highest Altitude: 12,070 feet - Paso de Cortés
Total Flat Tires: 24 for Scott, 7 for Emily
Sequential Days without Yerba Mate: a desperate 28
Sequential Days with Snow: 6
Sequential Days off the Bike: 45
Earliest Time in Bed: 6:32 pm
Lowest Temperature: 4 Degrees F
Highest Temperature: we don't even want to know
Consecutive Days without a Shower: 15
Most Tortillas Eaten (in 24 hours): 38Current Books:
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The journey goes on! Keep sending us photos, they are awesome.
We’re thinking about you two often.
brendan