One More Mountain: Road Warriors Explore America by Janet Buckwalter

By Janet Buckwalter

event 5 wildly varied trips throughout America.
Dip your ft into the Pacific Ocean after pedaling 4,100 miles with a silver-haired, spitfire grandma on a trike. suppose your lungs explode as you fight the previous few miles up and over the Rocky Mountains with Dick & Rick on their bike/wheelchair. Beg your quivering biceps to stick within the race with workforce may be enterprise racing their hand cycles. listen the wheels of your skateboard hug the hairpin turns down the Appalachians as Jack stocks the reminiscence of his son around the US. locate refreshment within the hot, bottled water flavor of younger idealism as Matt and Brandon run mile after mile, sharing their dream to carry fresh water to the kids of Africa.
those are the tales of people who crossed the USA, occasionally less than harsh stipulations, to focus on people with disabilities, percentage thoughts of family, or aid these in want. This e-book is a party of energy. of normal fogeys doing impressive issues with their lives. Of shouting within the face of hindrances, “Yes, I can!” Of dwelling lifestyles in accordance with what it may be rather than what's. percentage their robust tales as they depart footprints of compassion and selflessness of their wake, street warriors looking for adventure.

About the Editor / Author

Janet Buckwalter accumulated the fabric for this ebook and wrote approximately her personal experience crossing the U. S. on a recumbent tricycle. She made her trip over a three-year interval, touring from Yorktown, Virginia, to Kentucky at the first leg, the next 12 months creating a journey from Colorado again to Kentucky, and, ultimately, pedaling from Colorado to the Pacific Ocean.

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