Take a Seat: One Man, One Tandem and Twenty Thousand Miles of Possibilities

When Dominic Gill set out from Alaska on his bicycle, it was to be no ordinary ride. His goal was to reach Ushuaia, the southernmost city in South America, and he was starting off far from confident and with barely enough food to last a week. But Dominic had a secret weapon: the spare seat. His bicycle was a tandem and he would invite strangers to join him on his long journey.

Over 26 months, Dominic covered 18,449 miles down the west coast of the Americas, passed through 15 c…