Fanging about with Karen Ramsay

Adventure Rider Issue #34

• Checkout
• Fit Out
• Fanging about with Karen Ramsay
• Camper Or Pamper with Andy Strapz
• Five Points Of Control with Miles Davis
• Over The Border
• On The Trail Of The Incas
• Embracing Adventure
• One Very Lucky Man
• Company Towns
• The Big Hill
• Triumph Scrambler 1200XE
• Temujin Mongolian Crossing
• TomTom Winners
• On Top Of The World
• Hard Kits 710RR
• Boots
• BMW R1250GS
• It’s what we do

There aren’t too many things that scare Karen Ramsay – apart from steep downhills, sand, steep, loose, rocky uphills, phone calls at 2.00am and editor Tom’s deadlines. But she does have one phobia that outshines them all.

Hoping like mad there weren’t more spiders lurking at the Styx River campsite

Husband Dave was keen to check out the route for an upcoming ride and I thought it might be nice to share the weekend. We’re pretty fortunate to know a number of other couples locally who not only love to camp and ride, but are also really nice humans who’re great to ride with. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing and, surprisingly, they all happened to be free on the same weekend. All Dave’s thoughts of a romantic weekend getaway were dashed (no, it wasn’t one of ‘those’ couples’ weekends).