December 11 – 21, 2016 Every bolt on my bike. Every muscle in my body. Every bike handling skill in my repertoire. Every bit of mental tenacity and fortitude. Battle tested. Time and again. Day in, day out. What are you made of and how deep are you willing to go. This...
December 2 – 10, 2016 Nepal. I keep waiting for you to let me down. To betray me. We all have our ups and downs. I’m fully expecting that old Lucy and Charlie Brown football trick. Yet, every day, I fall more in love you and this beautiful country. The people. The...
11/25 – 12/2/2016 What in the actual FUCK? I left the cool mountains of Nepal and arrived in the hottest place that I’ve ever been or hope to go again. I am not a beach guy. I know this and have proven it to myself enough times that I would hope I would have learned....
I scoured the website and also the Facebook page for directions to the event. To me, it was all Nepali logic. For anyone who has traveled here, you can understand. I had been messaging with the race promoter of the Kathmandu Mountain Bike Festival for several days. He...
November 13-18, 2016 There are entire chapters dedicated in the guidebook to Pokhara, Kathmandu, and the Annapurna Circuit. I’ve read them all, front to back, back to front. I’ve been there. I wanted to see the real Nepal. Bad roads. Small villages. Basic food. Simple...
11/6. High camp to Manang “Mountain biker coming down!” yelled a girl to her friend just below and around the corner. I don’t think I’ll EVER get tired of hearing that…and I heard it a lot this day. “Woop, woop!” I shot back while ringing my bell. They giggled and...
The World Spins By is an intimate journey of loss, curiosity, and love—recounted one pedal stroke at a time along Jerry’s two-year bicycle journey back to himself.