On January 8, 2010, Jacob Thompson, Sean Monterastelli and Goat (Riding The Spine) arrived in Ushuaia, El Fin del Mundo (the tip of South America). What began in July of 2006 and covered more than 34,000Km and passed through 14 countries has come to an end for the team.
The route the group embarked on 3.5 years ago consisted of dirt roads (some of them washed out and barely navigable) and ran the spine of the Americas from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Along the way they also took the opportunity to engage in multiple adventures. When they reached Panama, they bought kayaks, disassembled their bikes and strapped them to their boats and paddled to Columbia where they sold their kayaks and set off again on their bikes. Some other adventures that they participated in include competing in an expedition adventure race in Ecuador and rafting the Cotahuasi River in Peru.
They are currently catching a little R&R in Ushuaia and trying to catch a government boat to Antarctica.
More pictures to come from the end.
Congratulations Jacob, Sean and Goat.