The First Days of a 20,000 Miles Adventure

The First Days of a 20,000 Miles Adventure

Hi my name is Sébastien, I’m 24 years old and with
my friend Bryan, we travel all around the world for 11 months now, we cross Europe and
Asia and now we are in America and we are going to ride to Argentina for
the next couple of years. So we let you with the beginning of the video,
the first month in Alaska and Canada. After five amazing days in Juneau, it was
time to get back on the road. This time for real, on our bicycle. We just wake up this morning, we leave our Warmshowers
host yesterday and we camp just in front of the sea and this morning we
take the ferry to go to Skagway. Seven hours on the water, and arriving there felt like stepping into a Wild West town. Back in the 19th century, more than 100,000 people came here hoping to find gold. Few succeeded, but everyone left their mark. Even the old cemetery tells the stories of people who didn’t make it. From Skagway we start climbing the White Pass. It’s steep even today. Back then, thousands of stampeders carried huge loads to survive the winter. A few years later, the White Pass became a railroad. Just in front of the US Customs. And we are out of the US for two months. After hours of climbing, we reached the border. And it’s done. We made it to the top of the White Pass, the
border between Alaska and Canada. Woohoo! 100… 1,100 meters up. Bye bye Alaska. Yeah, let’s go to Canada for two months now. Let’s go. Goodbye Alaska. Suddenly, the landscape changed. It felt like another planet. And we made it to Canada. Just here. The flag is just here. So it’s perfect. Go to the Yukon State. We packed everything. We take our breakfast and we put some
mosquito fence to protect. From the plenty of mosquitoes and flies that are here. And let’s go for our first day in Canada. We have 70 kilometers to go to the first
city, Carcross in Canada. A small village shaped by the Tagish First Nation. We are now in front of the Tagish Lake. Just 10 kilometers before Carcross. And it’s very beautiful. We love the old General Store. Open for over 100 years. It looks like the famous video games Red Dead Redemption. It’s incredible. It’s very beautiful. That night, we camped by a school. A quiet moment after the hard climb. This morning, we go to Whitehorse. A Warmshower is waiting for us tonight. So we don’t need to care about where to sleep. So it’s a good feeling. And this morning, we are going to visit
again the city of Carcross. With all this old house and the old train. We are in front of the Carcross desert. We don’t know why there are lots of sand. But why not? Let’s go. Today, we go to Whitehorse City. 70 kilometers to do. And we already done seven. The road to Whitehorse was stunning. Turquoise lakes, huge mountains Every turn was beautiful. It’s time to filter the day water. It takes a while, but two liters every five minutes. Yesterday, it was a rest day. And today, we left Whitehorse around 11am. After buying some food for the next five days. And now we are in the middle of nowhere. But today, there are lots of wind. It’s horrible, but we have no choice. Go! But just outside Whitehorse, my knee starts hurting. Riding became impossible. Yesterday, my right knee was hurting me. So after the night, it was okay. But it was hard to walk this morning. So we ride 35 kilometers. After 35 kilometers, I can’t pedal longer. So we take a break on the side of the road. And we stop a truck. And he helped us to go to the next town
where there is an hospital. The truck just dropped us in front of the gas station. Just near the signpost forest of Watson Lake. And it’s pretty impressive to see. Thousands of signs from travelers around the world. Then, by chance, we met John and Denise a Canadian couple. They invited us on an unexpected 1,200-km road trip. With them, we found hidden spots,
shared freshly caught fish. And even so, our first black bear. Later, in Prince George, Warmshowers hosts welcomed us. Seb saw a physiotherapist and rest for two weeks. Two weeks of cooking, fixing bikes, sharing
stories, and making friends. We’ll never forget. Finally, we got back on our bikes. So, it’s time to go. We just left the house of John and Joanne,
our warm shower during two weeks. And the next step is the Mount Robson. The thing that will not be missing is climbing. We just seen a family of bears, the mummy, and two babies. It was a little bit far from the camera, but
incredible to see from the bike. It was amazing. So cool. Let’s go. We have just 2,5 kilometers to do before
the rest area for tonight. Little problem. So the day is finished. We just arrived at our wild campground. On the side of a wonderful river. So we just need to set up the tent now. So as Sebastian said before, we just saw three bears
and so for that we have a bear spray to defend us in case of a bear coming. We are ready. And now it’s time to eat, so we set up the stove
and we are going to cook some pasta to add to our Bolognese sauce. How do you feel Bryan today? Very good. We just hear the noise of the water. It’s perfect. So peaceful here. The road then carried us through some incredible forests. We were lucky enough to visit the Ancient Forest,
or Chun T’oh Whudujut Provincial Park, in southern British Columbia. This is a huge area of old-growth forest, with
trees hundreds, even thousands of years old cedars and hemlocks reaching for the sky. The ground is soft with moss and ferns, and rivers
and streams flow everywhere. It protects a rich ecosystem, with animals like
black bears, deer, and many bird species… Just being there was just magical. So it’s the first time I saw so giant tree. Look at the size of this thing for example. It’s just massive. That’s some red cedar. And just there we have one of the
best view of a big glacier. Just here. Ah no. Normally we need to see this mountain. But today it’s very cloudy. We are at the end of the first big climb of the day. We need to do a little break. From there, we reached McBride, a small town born from the railway in the early 1900s. It grew as a station on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway,
bringing life to this remote valley. Its historic train station, built in 1919, still stands
proud today, a symbol of the town’s past and its connection to the railroad. We spent the night in a small shelter next to the station. And we have all we need. So electricity and a little table to cook. So it’s perfect. with the sound of passing trains echoing through the mountains.
to sleep it’s better without it. It’s just time for a little breakfast. We are just up in front of the railway station. And it seems to be so good. So let’s go. The next day, we continued deeper into the Rockies, ready for whatever the road would bring. The weather today is just wonderful. A blue sky with no clouds. We just have a little headwind. We are in the countryside. We leave the highway this morning to take a little road. We don’t need to take care about the
giant truck, the giant RV. We just look at the landscape. Today is a wonderful day to ride a bicycle. The road went through old forests and small railway towns, until we reach Mount Robson, 3954 meters covered in snow. The king of the Rockies. Cycling toward it is a memory we’ll never forget. Then came Jasper. Entering the Rockies, we were shocked. Fires had burned large parts of the forest
and large parts of the city. But Jasper also has history. The town didn’t exist before the railway. In 1911, the Grand Trunk Pacific built a station. A community was born with a railway, growth
people, travelers and explorers opening the national park to the world. So we are at the beginning of the Icefield Parkway. We buy enough food for five days without any markets. We are a little bit heavy. Too much food ! we bought food for i think 7 8 days, just for 5 days. From Jasper, we follow the Icefields Parkway. Huge glaciers, turquoise lakes, mountain passes
over 2000 meters and amazing wildlife. A caribou drinking at a lake, an elk wandering close
and little chipmunks running everywhere. Finally, we reach Banff and Canmore. Banff is special. Canada’s first national park. Created in 1885 after railway workers found Hot Spring. Train brought visitors from the east and hotels
were built in the heart of the Rockies. This is how mountain tourism started in Canada and how
these wild landscapes began to be protected. We were welcomed with the warm again, before
continuing deeper in the Rockies. And it was just the beginning of a journey that would take us
one pedal stroke at a time to the tip of the continent. And thank you for following this video,
our first video in English. And see you next time! Subscribe to the channel to follow
our journey to Argentina.

This is how a 30,000 km journey begins.
After five days in Juneau, we finally left — not by car, not by plane, but by bicycle. A ferry took us to Skagway, a town frozen in time since the Gold Rush. From there, we climbed the legendary White Pass, where thousands once carried a ton of supplies on their backs.
Crossing into Canada, everything changed: landscapes, culture, rhythm. We rode through Carcross and the Yukon wilderness, until Seb’s knee injury forced us to stop in Watson Lake. What felt like a setback turned into one of the most unexpected chapters of our trip: Warmshowers hosts, road trips, black bears, and friendships we never saw coming.
Once healed, we continued south through ancient forests, railway towns, and finally into the Canadian Rockies — Mount Robson, Jasper, the Icefields Parkway, Banff, and Canmore. Glaciers, wildlife, wildfires, and history followed us at every turn.
And this… is just Episode 1.
📍 From Alaska to the Rockies🚴 1,500+ km of pedaling and detours🐻 First wildlife encounters🔥 Injuries, hospitality, and history🏔 National parks and epic landscapes
Episode 2 is already on the way the journey has only just begun.

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