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Routes and Destinations along the way. Weight and Why It Matters. Our Favorite Hikes of All Time.
There will be no photo or video albums for this trip due to unfortunate circumstances that I will explain later in the post. This trip was almost completely cross-country.
Friday, April 22, 2005. In the Wake of Captain Cook. North Island, New Zealand. More that 150 islands dot the deep blue waters, their tall Norfolk pines growing side by side with subtropical banana plants and fan palms. The area is world-famous for big-game fishing- author Zane Grey, a leading sportsman of his time, caught five marlin here in a single day, including a 450-pound.
Alex Croker, an ordinary gap year graduate, is swapping his backpack for a bike rack and attempting to cycle across the USA in aid of charity, despite little cycling experience and travel-restricted training. He will be cycling, unsupported, for around 3 months across mountains, deserts, rolling plains and urban jungles in aid of War Child, Cancer Research UK, and MIND. A Challenge of Three Parts.