With all this excitement and enthusiasm for rides like the Oregon Outback, things like this are bound to happen. Scratch that, they shouldn’t happen! It’s sad that such news has to be shared, but the only way to educate sometimes is to show the repercussions of what can only be described as idiocy in the woods. Donnie shared story with me that he wrote at Oregon Bikepacking, in response to this year’s Oregon Outback and it really breaks my heart.

Learn the rules of the woods first, pack your shit out both literally and figuratively. Respect people’s property and kindness. First and foremost, realize that cyclists are already under enough pressure, so don’t fuck it up for the rest of us.