Hello, Bike Forum Folk
I'm new the site, and like what I see coming from cycle tourists from all points. Here's my story: starting in 1996, I worked for Discovery Channel Online, making the first online cycle trip from Darwin to Lake Eyre, Australia. The tecnology was all Discoverys, but the stories are mine, and over the next six years I completed my tours of the lowest point on six continents - places like the Dead Sea and Death Valley. This summer, Sierra Club Books published my account of the journeys, Into Thick Air, and I've been promoting the book via a book tour, and now Bike Forum. You can check out one cyclist's opinion of the book at
http://www.alaskabikeblog.blogspot.com/, but you'll have to scroll down to find it. The GreenGlobetrotter gave me a review, too:
http://greenglobetrotter.blogspot.co...thick-air.html. Natually, I've a website,
www.IntoThickAir.com, where you can link to photos from the trips.
The book is not so much about my bike as the pleasure of being outside, on a bike, and free to go where I like and camp where I please. That's why I ride. But I'm happy to field questions on bike touring, especially for those considering a ride to far-away deserts where the info is might scant. Just drop me a line at
IntoThickAir@yahoo.com.
Yours,
Jim Malusa
Tucson, Arizona