3 years ago i went to other side of the country to (as usual) hike high mountains there.. but this time on a road bike. 700km one way, 800km the other, avoiding

3 years ago i went to other side of the country to (as usual) hike high mountains there.. but this time on a road bike. 700km one way, 800km the other, avoiding big roads. crossed 3 mountains. 15 days (plus other 5 for the hike). Tent, sleeping bag, tools, cameras, all that jazz. Bike with all stuff on it was like 35kg. Extremely easy to fall down and nearly go wheels up :/ Some things materialized in my mind while doing this quite meditative (and sometimes dangerous) exercise.. - bees fly with same 15-20km/h as you and will escort you if going sameway - road bike is silent. Quite a few bugs and one lizard went under the wheels - i was invisible for most people. They do see me but cannot fathom how can i would be there (middle of nothing) on that bike, so.. don't really see me. or talk inadequately.. - i was out of reach of nearly any road-constraints. Signs, limits, fences, gates, whatever. don't this, do that.. just Shrug it. Not more than 40km/h uphill? Well i hardly do 6 so.. - farting while pedalling a bike, is difficult business - the worse thing are the small halos of flies at face-height in afternoon sun in broadleaf forests, uphill. There's no escaping those - u need at least 10km/h but proper uphill is like 5-6 max. Maybe a motorised fan/blower? Thinking about it.. - there's lots more.. may write it one day Since then i've been doing such (but smaller) trips each summer, like 500km/4 days. But it's not same, need to increase to at least 10 days. Btw, in 4 years, i raised the average speed from 15km/h to 16km/h - maybe because on shorter distances i take 10% less stuff... :/ have fun