{"id":6,"date":"2012-10-01T23:19:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T03:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pedaling3144.previewatthis.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:55:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:55:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bikepacking.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Editorial Team<\/h2>\n

Meet the folks behind BIKEPACKING.<\/em>com.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\t\t\t\"Logan<\/p>\n

Logan Watts<\/h3>\n

\t\t\tFounding Editor & Routes Director<\/em><\/p>\n

Logan Watts founded BIKEPACKING.<\/em>com and is responsible for its overall vision. Before being drawn into the world of bicycle travel and launching the site, he ran a boutique design firm that specialized in branding and website design. Find Logan’s routes, reviews, and stories published weekly.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Virginia<\/p>\n

Virginia Krabill<\/h3>\n

\t\t\tCo-founder & Office Manager<\/em><\/p>\n

Virginia Krabill has been involved with BIKEPACKING.<\/em>com from the very beginning, publishing occasional features and editing content since the site was launched in 2012. She’s also wears many other hats, including member service, accounting, and resident medical consulting.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Lucas<\/p>\n

Lucas Winzenburg<\/h3>\n

\t\t\tManaging & Bikepacking Journal Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

Lucas Winzenburg edits all the content we publish on the web and serves as the editor-in-chief of The Bikepacking Journal<\/em>. Before joining the BIKEPACKING.<\/em>com team, Lucas founded and spent five years working as the creative director of Bunyan Velo<\/em>, the digital bicycle travel magazine.<\/p>\n

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\n\"Miles\n

Miles Arbour<\/h3>\n

\t\t\tAssociate Editor & Events Manager<\/em><\/p>\n

Miles Arbour joined the team in late 2016 and has quickly added a number of features to his name. He’s often in the mountains of British Columbia testing out gear for review, and he also frequently contributes news articles and maintains our events calendar.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Neil<\/p>\n

Neil Beltchenko<\/h3>\n

\t\t\tAssociate Editor & YouTube Host<\/em><\/p>\n

Neil Beltchenko is a former record-holding ultra endurance racer turned slow-poke dad who now measures rides in snack breaks instead of KOMs. These days, he tests bikes, gear, and his patience, sharing insights and stories by way of videos on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Nic<\/p>\n

Nic Morales<\/h3>\n

\t\t\tAssociate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

Nic is the newest editor on the team, publishing regular opinion, reviews, and more. With a penchant for winding dirt roads, coffee stops, and parallel top tubes all the same, Nic Morales\u2019s background in philosophy, film, football (or soccer), seeks to inform a broader, more complete frame of cycling oriented reference.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Cass<\/p>\n

Cass Gilbert<\/h3>\n

\t\t\tEditor<\/em><\/p>\n

Cass Gilbert publishes regular features and route guides on the site, and helps steer it in the right direction. In addition to his many written and photographic contributions to dozens of websites and magazines, he has bikepacked his way across the Americas and run a successful guiding business in the Indian Himalaya.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Joe<\/p>\n

Joe Cruz<\/h3>\n

\t\t\tEditor<\/em><\/p>\n

Joe Cruz lends his expedition cycling perspective to the site, contributing spectacular new routes and trail-tested gear reviews. When he’s not pedaling, Joe is a Professor of Philosophy and the Chair of the Cognitive Science Program at Williams College.<\/p>\n

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Contributing Editors<\/h2>\n

We’ve been fortunate enough to work with a wealth of talented writers and photographers over the years. Our Contributing Editors are a core group of individuals whose many routes, stories, and reviews have helped shape the site into what it is today.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Emily<\/p>\n

Emily Bei Cheng<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Eddie<\/p>\n

Eddie Clark <\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Montanus\"<\/p>\n

Evan Christenson<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Jess<\/p>\n

Jess Daddio<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Skyler<\/p>\n

Skyler Des Roches<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Stephen<\/p>\n

Stephen Fitzgerald<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Eszter<\/p>\n

Eszter Horanyi<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Alexandera<\/p>\n

Alexandera Houchin<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"TJ<\/p>\n

TJ Kearns<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Josh<\/p>\n

Josh Meissner<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Montanus\"<\/p>\n

Montanus<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Huw<\/p>\n

Huw Oliver<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Neza<\/p>\n

Neza Peterca<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Sam<\/p>\n

Sam Rice<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Sarah<\/p>\n

Sarah Swallow<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Conan<\/p>\n

Conan Thai<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Franzi<\/p>\n

Franzi Wernsing<\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\"Johan<\/p>\n

Johan Wahl<\/h3>\n

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