by Umair Ali | Sep 18, 2023 | Adventure, Professional Development
The story of 100 Day Dedication Challenge. I wanted to improve my physical and mental toughness. It’s only possible when you put effort into it. I had joined the gym countless times over the years but left it after a month or two without any results. That’s when I...
by Umair Ali | Jul 29, 2023 | Adventure, Bikepacking
It’s the 3rd of July 2019. I take my first pedal stroke outside what has been my home for the past eight months in Tallinn, Estonia. I am excited —what is it like to get lost in the unknown—I wonder as my journey begins. For the next one month, uncertainty,...
by Umair Ali | Nov 5, 2019 | Adventure, Professional Development, Work
Recently I biked across 7 countries of Europe. A part of my tour was sponsored by WOLT – the company I was working as a delivery courier (Yes, just a delivery courier) I wrote an email to ask for a sponsorship. At that moment, I had less than 200 followers on...
by Umair Ali | Oct 24, 2019 | Adventure, Bikepacking
It is the third day of my biking tour; I am on the road with green fields stretched as far as the sight goes. It’s the countryside of Estonia. My legs are moving in a mechanical fashion, and my mind is wandering all over the places. It takes me back to the time I was...
by Umair Ali | May 22, 2018 | Adventure, Bikepacking
“Are you in training?” “No” “Why are you putting yourself in such trouble then?” When I reached Gujjar Khan after covering 258 kilometers in a day, I asked myself the same question. I don’t know the answer. I have never known the answer. Why do I do this? My body was...
by Umair Ali | Mar 28, 2018 | Adventure, Bikepacking
Sweaty palms, drained legs, exhausted breath and 300 kilometres on the odometer. It was day two of my first cycling adventure. “I am an idiot”, I thought as I pushed the pedals on an ever-increasing slope of a kilometre-long bridge near Khanewal. Dec 23, 2017 –...
