I eventually found a road to take us out of there. After 5 km of cycling on a gravel road in darkness we found a house, rang the bell, explained to the lady, used the phone to call home and inform my significant other that we were alive, borrowed a headlamp and went on our way. I thought I recognized where I was (I mistakenly assumed it was close to an area I had trekked through a year ago), so got lost again (10 km detour through the forest) but wasn't so dumb as to not turn back to the more promising road this time. When we after 20 km of dirt road biking finally came out on a highway I recognized, my daughter had fallen asleep and I had yet another 30 km to go.
- Distance: 80 km (including 5 km child darkness trekking)
- Time: 19:30 to 01:40
- Category: Trial and Epic Fail Adventure
- Will repeat with four-year-old daughter: NO WAY!