nancy sv

We made it!! We're here - in the middle of the earth! We've pedaled 16634 km from Alaska to get here to the Equator - and we actually did it!!! Just thought I would shout out here seeing as how I'm all giddy with excitment that my boys actually did it. (...and now back to your regularly scheduled program...)

pasopia

Congrats!

Wanderer

Gosh, Nancy - their life experiences continue to grow ---- you should be very proud...

xilios

Kudos, we really envy your great adventure, someday maybe......
tailwinds: George and Monique

nancy sv

Thanks! It still doesn't seem real. I mean - the equator is a looonnnggggg ways from Alaska!

bobframe

Awesome accomplishment. How is Davy feeling?

Niles H.

Congratulations. And thanks for sharing a great trip.

travelmama

Congratulations! Ecuador is a fabulous country so enjoy it as much as you can. I hope that Guayaquil is on your itinerary because the malecon is spectacular.

jamawani 

Whoo-Hoo!!

Are you having a Neptune Party?
Wait a minute - - that's for sailors.

Congrats and keep up the pedaling!
See you in Tierra del Fuego.

Connell

Put me down in the 'impressed' column. If I was wearing a cap, I would doff it to you.

deepakvrao

Fantastic - congratulations. Its been interesting reading about your tour.

dewaday

Amazing accomplishment, bet the world looks entirely different from your perspective.

cyclezealot

..plus one..
There must be a land version
.. did you go to see the Equator park. the monument to the divide is incorrect as you've probably learned.. It's north of the monument, an error come to light - post GPS...

pasopia

Hey Nancy, how is your gear holding up? What have you had to replace/repair so far? How are your rims and tires doing?

nancy sv

Thank you all!! It's so amazing to think we are actually here - in the Southern Hemisphere now!

Davy is doing fine now. His toes don't hurt and all and we won't know anything more until his nails grow back in. We are keeping our fingers crossed that t hey grow in right! As far as his viruses, etc... it appears as though getting rid of the amoebas did the trick!

As for our gear - all is well. Our bikes seem to doing OK - we have given them two complete rebuilds so far just as a precautionary measure. Other than clothing and shoes and stuff like that, we haven't had to replace anything that I can think of. Tent, sleeping bags, stove,... all is well. Our rims have been fine so far - I broke one spoke in Panama but that's it. We replace tires when they are worn down to nothing - we get varying mileage out of them depending on where they are.

Wanderer

Hey, don' t forget to shange your sig block location, to somewhere between middle and bottom earth,,,,,

nancy sv

Good point! I suppose I should do that one of these days!

pasopia

That's good to hear, thanks. Have you been buying local tires to replace your old ones, or are you using spares that you've been carrying?

Speedo

Wow! Fantastic! Congratulations!

iforgotmename

After visiting your sight all that I can say is "WOW". Good luck and congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enthusiast

Half way there!

Jacobino

Yeah, way to go! I envy, admire, and salute you!

BengeBoy 

Congratulations, and thanks for the update!

I have been following your journal all along, and have been worried about Davy's toenails - it really seemed like he was a pretty brave trooper. Glad he's feeling OK now.

nancy sv

We are carrying Schwalbe spares with us. Two of our bikes have 700c wheels and we knew we wouldn't find tires here, so we stocked up. We will most likely have to have some more sent to us in Peru.

Thank you to all of you!