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That's for me why I started loving cycling is because of bike packing. So you carry what you need, go long distances, and then it's like so unpredictable.

And the bike's basically the tool to do this and I think it grabs people from different

Sports or different ways of life because of the adventure of it. You get to kind of cater it to to your preferences how far do you want to go what

what kind of writing do you want to do you start looking at maps and seeing how

you can connect places and it's there are a lot of skills involved but it's also

really dreamy.

Lail Wilcox is known as one of the world's best ultra-endurance cyclists.

She's ridden over 150,000 miles in more than 50 countries.

Lael doesn't just go the distance.

She also competes in bike-packing races.

She's broken records crossing the U.S. from north to south and from west to east.

On these rides, Lale carries all her own gear.

She spends weeks at a time crossing plains and mountains,

riding through intense heat and storms,

and even encountering some impressive wildlife.

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