"No One Should Ever Ride Here": Gee Atherton’s Terrifying Nepal Descent

Every time we think Gee Atherton has reached the ceiling of what’s possible on two wheels, he goes and raises the bar. His latest project, Ridgeline VII: Nepal, isn’t just a mountain bike edit; it’s a high-consequence expedition into a place that, as Gee puts it, “Does not feel like somewhere we should be.”

Starting six years ago on a Welsh hillside, the Ridgeline series has evolved into a global search to ride the most remote terrain imaginable. But as the Atherton Bikes team noted, Nepal...