September 25, 2016 Yesterday’s battle laid the ground work for today’s war. While there was some confusion over how much climbing one can expect while paralleling a river, there is no way to misinterpret a road on the map that looks like an perfectly cooked spaghetti...
September 24, 2016 Not All Roads That Follow a River Are Flat. Remember this. The old bait and switch got me again. Today was supposed to begin with the continuation of the Khardung La descent for 20 km, then a 40 km flat and relaxing stretch along the river before...
September 23, 2016 The bar has been set, and set high. Literally and figuratively. It is the beginning of my Himalayan odyssey. Today was one of those days that washes over you with a plethora of pure and overwhelming joy. How do you describe a blue that is bluer...
September 19 – 22, 2016 When I was a kid, one year I found my parents secret hiding spot for Christmas presents. It was 1981. I was 7. Young enough to be innocent, yet old enough to be crafty and resourceful. The Empire Strikes Back had just blown up the box office...
September 18, 2016 I have had too many quick and also extended layovers (6 hrs or more) in airports all over the world. Never have I been compelled to write about them, because they were simply a means, a passing thing, a forgettable blip between my final place....
September 14 – 18, 2016 In 1975, Bob Seger released the song “Kathmandu”. “…That's where I'm goin to Katmandu Up to the mountains where I'm going to If I ever get out of here That's what I'm gonna do” Some people love the ocean. Others, the mountains. I am absolutely...
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.