The Ride Across Montana

Self published zine

Since our falling out in early 2018, my friend Isaac Johnston and I were looking for an ‘epic’ shared adventure to take our friendship to new depths — the kind of expedition that would put us through the lowest lows and the highest highs. From my experience, it is in these situations that we grow the most.

We had grand dreams of South American travel but the reality was that in the summer of 2020, we couldn’t travel anywhere… So I dusted off my idea log and found this idea to cycle across Montana, North to South, using the most remote trails that existed. Isaac was so enthralled with the idea that he built a rough itinerary over a weekend. Our grand adventure became real, very quickly.

The plan was to load our bikes to be completely self sufficient for the longest amount of time, stop when we were hungry or tired, set up camp by a water source, and bring the least amount of camera gear as possible. Oh, and have a good time… In the end, it’s only cycling.