Monday, February 6, 2012

HIMALAYASX2011 / EXPEDITION OF WESTERN CHINA / EXPLORE!

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MEGA-CYCLING IN KOREA & HIMALAYAS X 2011, THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO WERE SUPPORTING!!!

Dear An Dae Gi  (Gangneung Bike Mart, Official 2011 Sponsor), my cyclist Friends, Family, Supporters...starting with correspondence with a friend & thanks to you all for supporting the Himalayas X 2011 Expedition, check back with links to the partnering, non-profit foundations which are making a difference in different corners of the world. ETE - Education Through Expeditions, UK and IDEAS - Intestinal Disease Education and Awareness Society of Canada. Two awesome non-profits to see their work in action, visit these links!


My friend and former colleage Lee Engdahl - Thanks for the advice & introducing great coffee to me (not knowing it existed previously) and for providing a single Blueline notebook that became an integral communication tool throughout my journey recording thoughts, names of people in places across the wide geographical spaces I traveled by boat (700km), train (3240km), plane (3500km), bicycle (3200km), walking and hitch-hiking (600km). It was a very long 60-day journey.

I wrote a letter directly to GoPro regarding replacement of the camera and memory, noting that I would take alternative measures, ordering through Amazon and having the shipment expedited and forwarded to Qingdao, China (costly and time consuming process) unless they chose to send a replacement immediately in lieu of sponsorship and a great showcase for their product on this Himalayas X Expedition 2011 across the Taklamakan Desert, northwestern Himalayas, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces entirely on a mountain bike. The HimalayasX (See Logo I prepared yesterday, will be printed on a 150cmX70cm banner and 1000 book size stickers). In the end, my Korean sponsor AN DAE GI provided a GoPro Hero camera for the journey and built an incredible recycled MTB expediton Blackcat mountain bike that has performed well beyond my expeditions.

Heavy 60kg bicycle and equipment load, hope the legs make it, the mind following the body and the lungs withstand the atmosphere pushing the metal at 15,000ft. It's going to be rough in sections, or most of it, but enjoyable to be free of Korea's grip for those 8 weeks as well. Thanks for everything, the morale support is appreciated to find in Korea. Having announced the expedition to cyclists in Korea (via Facebook) I hope to hear from more folks supportive, I enjoy the more adventurous and less competitive aspect of the sport in Korea. 

With definite thanks extending to a list of amazing individuals I've been fortunate to met through life's activities, all contributing and sharing a great deal to my experiences so far, a huge 'thank you' to you all...



And most importantly to several amazing individuals and non-profit foundations I support:


Rob Hill , Ostomate & Canadian and World 7-Summits Expedition Explorer at IDEAS  (Intestinal Disease Education and Awareness Society), Canada




Thank You: Gareth Zane Barker, Eddie Glayzer, Todd Mullins, Murray du Plessis, Brian Sullivan (writing and recording some inspiring music), Mechel Kai Christy (thanks already for contributing in 2010 and continued friendship too!), Julian Warmington (for promoting Cycling and Tri’s in Korea), Duncan Davidson (now in NZ) for starting Cycling in Korea 한국에서 자전거 타기  (facebook group, now with over 650 members! & many others that I have not mentioned that I have already spoken



 
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