The ceheginero Manuel López Espinosa, known as 'Manolo firefighter' attempt to cross the Patagonia by bicycle, starting from San Carlos de Bariloche, with a goal in Tierra del Fuego (Ushuaia).
In this way, will go a total of 2,500 miles on two wheels, "for about 40 days (the first month alone)," according to plans the author of this challenge.
This shall be provided with a wallet with provisions, tent, energy drinks and a camera, with which translate and publish on the Internet a kind of journey log.
Lopez will start this Sunday, October 16, to Argentine territory, expected to return to Spain on December 14.
It is not the first time this ceheginero part to a similar challenge.
Manuel counts among his adventures with the coronation of Mont Blanc.
He has also made the Anapurna trek (5,600 m, Himalayas) and in the desert of Wadi Rum (Jordan), and has toured the High Atlas of Morocco on a bicycle, among others.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín