The next year, I spent three months in Ecuador, riding a Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda XRE300, and Suzuki DR650 to camp and climb some of the country’s 5,000-meter peaks. The trailheads for many of these mountains were impossible to reach in a normal car. I would have had to hire a guide or enlist a local with a 4×4, but those bikes allowed me to tackle the adventure on my own.