{"id":330906,"date":"2025-12-23T03:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/330906\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T03:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:24:09","slug":"tortellini-dinner-in-a-ditch-aka-riding-100lb-bikes-1000-miles-to-ski-around-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/330906\/","title":{"rendered":"Tortellini Dinner in a Ditch: AKA Riding 100lb bikes 1000+ Miles to Ski Around Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>\t\tSupport us!\t\t Bikerumor may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article.\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/review-guidelines\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a must-watch today! Professional skier Cody Cirillo and adventure journalist Matthew Tufts completed a 1,700km (1,057-mile) cycle-to-ski journey around Iceland. They documented the 35-day expedition in their new film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rY-vYSsKp8s?si=4qwAoAG45RCD5EVu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">A Hundred Words for Wind<\/a>.\u201c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cycle-to-Ski-Saga-first-pic.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" loading=\"eager\" importance=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cycle-to-Ski-Saga-first-pic.jpeg\" alt=\"Cycle to Ski Saga first pic\" class=\"wp-image-404541 first-image\" style=\"object-fit:full\"  \/><\/a>(Photos \/ M. Tufts)<\/p>\n<p>Cody and Matthew biked through blizzards and gale-force winds to reach remote skiing locations, capturing 800-meter couloir descents and untouched mountain faces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cycle-to-Ski-Saga-suffer.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cycle-to-Ski-Saga-suffer.jpeg\" alt=\"Cycle to Ski Saga suffer\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-404544\" style=\"object-fit:full\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film combines bikepacking with freeride skiing. It shows how the athletes navigated Iceland\u2019s harsh weather conditions to find brief opportunities for skiing. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cycle-to-Ski-Saga-snow.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cycle-to-Ski-Saga-snow.jpeg\" alt=\"Cycle to Ski Saga snow\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-404543\" style=\"object-fit:full\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cirillo and Tufts shot roughly 90% of the footage themselves, creating a self-documented narrative about persistence and friendship in challenging environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Hundred Words for Wind\u201d explores Icelandic wind lore and its cultural significance, all while following a minimal-impact approach to expedition travel. The film premieres on Cody Cirillo\u2019s YouTube channel today, December 18, at 8 am MST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Support us! Bikerumor may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More This is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,791,52025,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-330906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-iceland","tag-skiing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}