Bikepacking or bike camping increases our sense of place on this Earth, thus our relationship with the natural world. When we climb up every hill and descend down every bend, our relationship with a place drastically increases. Increasing our sense of place is one antidote to depression, loneliness, and anxiety.

Bikepacking grants us freedom of movement we otherwise are constantly fighting for. Our right to move is constantly under threat due to an over-policing of Black and brown bodies. To bike from one horizon to another equips us with a sense of liberation that's difficult to find elsewhere.

Bikepacking is just simply fun. Yes, there's some type 2 fun in there (difficult during but fun afterward), but the most challenging adventures are typically the most rewarding. Also, our sense of play is often stifled at very early ages and to reclaim this during adulthood is an act of resistance and liberation.