I spent an amazing week riding around 80,000 vertical feet with Haku Expeditions in Ecuador.  Bill and Nicole Koch, originally from Buffalo NY, are the owner/operators of Haku. They moved to Peru to work as missionaries and ended up building not only a big family but possibly the best MTB guiding business in South America. They've hosted riders from around the world and special guests like Jordie Lunn and Geoff Gulevich. 

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