{"id":2143,"date":"2026-09-29T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:57:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/09\/activello-maren.jpg\" alt=\"Maren Holt packing her bike\" class=\"wp-image-2133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/09\/activello-maren.jpg 600w, https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/09\/activello-maren-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/09\/activello-maren-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m Maren. I ride loaded bikes along the back roads of the Pacific Northwest and the desert Southwest, and this is where I write about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started bikepacking in 2019 with a borrowed bike and far too much luggage. Since then I have ridden around 20,000 kilometres of gravel, logging roads and forgotten tracks, most of them alone and most of them slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here you will find route notes I wish I had had before I went, honest gear notes after long use, and field notes from the quiet hours in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say hello at <a href=\"mailto:maren@activello.example\">maren@activello.example<\/a>. I read everything, and I answer most of it from a tent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Maren. I ride loaded bikes along the back roads of the Pacific Northwest and the desert Southwest, and this is where I write about it. I started bikepacking in 2019 with a borrowed bike and far too much luggage. Since then I have ridden around 20,000 kilometres of gravel, logging roads and forgotten tracks, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/activello\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}