Adventure, foreign cultures, new friendships, gravel, sand and dust make BMW Motorrad's international GS Trophy an enduro challenge that is second to none. Senior Editor Zack Courts joined up with Team USA for this year's competition and provided us with daily reports, live from Thailand. Scroll down through this gallery of photos and then see all eight updates from the GS Trophy here.
Team USA finding their way.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
The traveling GS Trophy tent town (top), set up and broken down every day for more than a week. You want ADV? No clean sheets!Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
The welcoming faces and culture of Thailand on display.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
The audience for the Broken Bridge test, surely curious about the struggle.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
Charles, Dennis, Tom, and Zack had to get two bikes through the shallow water, up the slab.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
A trail, good scenery and Team USA's R1200GS ADVs.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
2016 BMW Motorrad's International GS TrophyZack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
We were traversing miles of slippery, washed out road and feeling rugged before this local passed us and redefined the word.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
With the variety of vehicles on the roads in Thailand, livestock are rarely spooked.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
Team USA tackles the wheel-change challenge, and the push-and-reverse test.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
A GS Trophy team tackles the river-ride challenge.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
As the sun dipped toward the hills, we rode a stellar dirt road running up the spine of a nearly bald ridge, giving us panoramic views of the cloudless sky and bright, green farmland below.Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
One of the challenges at the GS Trophy was a photo contest, voted on by BMW fans all over the world. This is Team USA’s effort (with help from the Motorcyclist drone).Zack Courts, Spenser Robert & BMW
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Zack and Spenser Ride Scooters in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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