Running Dry

Len's journey begins near Mexico's Sea of Cortez, where the Colorado River once flowed but has now literally run dry. After meeting with conservation groups to understand how one country is advocating for its long-neglected access to Colorado River water, Len gravel bikes his way toward the other side of the border, where the river's power to fuel one of the U.S.'s largest agricultural regions is on full display in California's Imperial Valley.

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Len bikes his way along the Colorado River aqueduct, en route to the first of the river's several major resevoirs: Lake Havisu. After paddling the Topock gorge, Len finds himself inadvertently floats into the aquatic motorsports mayhem that's made Havisu one of the country's best known spring break destinations.

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Len rides to Las Vegas, the city known for excess, where he gets a lesson in water efficiency, and weather modification and goes climbing with some unexpected residents.

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Len takes a six-day scientific trip down the lower San Juan River with the Returning Rapids organization to look at an ecosystem returning after decades of being submerged underneath Lake Powell.

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Len heads to Page, Arizona for a game of Golf, before he heads to his cultural homeland for an epic gravel ride with a good mate.

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Len makes it to Colorado, the headwaters of the river. He stops by a natural beef farm that is employing some progressive methods of farming, before going skiing with Colorado local and native Lakota pro skier Connor Ryan. He finishes his journey with a beer at Fat Tire, a company at the forefront of sustainability.

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