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Bryan Rogala is a Santa Fe, New Mexico–based writer and video producer with a love of all things outdoors. He started Mountain Standard Creative, a video production company, in 2017 after serving as Outside Magazine's video production manager. In addition to Outside, he’s written for Wildsam, Field and Stream, Popular Mechanics, and more. A longtime mountain biker, he bikepacked the Colorado Trail in 2019 and the GDMBR this summer.
Northern New Mexico’s painted high desert landscapes, green chile, turquoise, margaritas, and world-class art galleries may make you never want to leave. And why should you? With plentiful gravel roads, ...
This story originally appeared in the 2024 Nov/Dec issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine’s Final Mile essay anthology. *** I rode with tears streaming down my face. I pedaled as hard ...