03.28.13
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Welcome: Follow the Story of a Cross-country Unicyclist!

Book/Documentary – Why Unicycling? – Spread the Love! – About Me – Contact -

uniOne Wheel, Two Continents

22,000+ miles from Baltimore, through the U.S., Central America, and South America.

Sponsored by Kris Holm Unicycles. And by Dick’s Last Resort – “The Joint Yer Mama Warned You About!:”
All filming done on the awesome GoPro Hero 3 HD Camera. Be a Hero.

Will be raising money for Sy’s Fund, Greenpeace, and International Child Art Foundation.

Half of all proceeds go to those charities.  The remainder enables me to plan further charity events and continue my journey! Click “Donate” to spread the love! Thank you!

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Trip will begin July 1.  To find out what lead up to this crazy idea, click unicycling.

Click here for the roughly planned route on google maps.

06.20.13
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Gear List!

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This is about 95% of the items for the Unicycle Tour.
In rows from left to right, bottom to top:
Blackburn Atom SL Cyclometer, Garmin GPS, electronics (cables, SD cards, spare batteries), GoPro Hero HD 3
Folding tripod and extension pole, phone, wallet, Goal Zero Solar panels (3.5m & 7m) with AA/AAA battery pack, Kindle (for directions, books, and backup wireless device), Helmet (with front/rear lights), sunglasses.
Dry bag (for rainy season, or swimming), camp rag, toiletries (grey), bike gloves
Small muscle foam roller, shower-less wipes, sting/bite kit, emergency mylar blankets, sunscreen, Belgium Budder chamois cream, waterproof coat with liner.
Pump, tools (tire lever, pedal wrench, crank puller, Allen wrench set, tire levers, patch kits, gas, screw-on stove (in tiny orange case), Mess kit (pot, pan, bowl, cup, soap, plastic utensils)
Mountain Hardwear 20 Degree sleeping bag (grey), sleeping bag liner (black), Trail lite sleeping pad (green), MH Lightpath 2 Tent, Camelbak Fourteener 3 Liter hydration pack.
5.10 Karver Riding shoes, light day shoes, sandals, clothes (two changes of everything, light/medium pullovers, 3 pairs Pearl Izumi bike shorts, headbands.
Small/medium drawing pads, colored pencils, sewing kit, dread tool.
Passport, documents for borders, witness sheets for Guinness.

All gear included is here for a good reason, I enjoy and suggest these same products. Feel free to ask questions.
Thanks to 5.10 for the Karvers!
Also – Goal Zero, Mountain Heardwear, Camelbak, Pearl Izumi

06.13.13
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Underwater Unicycling

Several months ago I put in an online application to set/break a world record for Longest Distance Unicycled Underwater on a Single Breath Hold. I’ve applied for a couple other unicycling records on the guinness website, and this was one of those ones I’d eventually get around to attempting. But because Guinness already had a preexisting record which involved doing this with scuba equipment, I quickly lost interest in the idea. Cut to today. I got a call at work from a guy doing Guinness Gone Wild, a TV show. He saw that application and said he had “an opening for an underwater record on the show.” When I got ahold of him, it turned out it had nothing to do with unicycling – it was the record for Fastest Time to Put on a Tuxedo Underwater on a Single Breath Hold. After communicating my interest in it, he asked me to get a clip of me putting on dress clothes underwater to prove my abilities (of course, he said,”Can you get that to me by tomorrow?”) This is that clip. Thanks to Ashley and Mac for lending clothes and laptop!!

Underwater Dressing Video

06.11.13
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Good News: New Shoes. Bad News: Delays on Visas

Good News: New Shoes. Bad News: Delays on Visas

These are my new 5.10 Karvers! Perfect for riding pedals without clip-ins, which means generally all unicycles.
Thats the good news. The bad news is I ran into a delay in DC yesterday while getting my Brazilian Visa. I only need to get 3 other visas: Bolivia, Paraguay, and Suriname. But the nice man at the consulate took my forms AND my passport! I was hoping to get it back so that I could finish getting the other 3 the same day. That means they keep it for the week-and-a-half processing time! I had to return home thereafter, knowing I’d have to delay my departure date at least one week. So it goes.

06.02.13
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Pub Crawl

Crawl Baltimore is hosting a Pub Crawl to help me raise money for my world record-breaking trip to South America!  For all the Baltimoreans – on Friday, June 14 from 9:30-12:30 in Fell’s Point, with Registration being from 7:30-9:30  Come get your drink on!  Food and Liquor Discounts, and No Cover - included in price.  Buy tickets online at: http://CaryOutThere.eventbrite.com.  Registration will be at Dogwatch Tavern.
There will be a mass bike ride beforehand for all of us pedal-pushers.

05.14.13
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A Big Thank You from the Dreaming Zebra Kids!

These are pictures drawn by the kids at the Dreaming Zebra Foundation, which gives underprivileged kids an essential education in the arts.  They were one of the charities to which I donated from the fundraiser of my December ride to St. Louis.

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05.13.13
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Boston Ride 2013

I did a ride from Baltimore to Boston from May 5th to 10th. It was called “500 Miles, 5 Days, 1 Wheel” but ended up being 420 miles of nonstop hills in 6 days. Though, to be fair to myself, 3 of those days were only half days. I got 2 pretty sizable rides from people, but only because of time constraints. But I did arrive in Boston just in time for a small event for Sy’s Fund, a charity which supports young adults with cancer pursue their creative passions. I raised over $1000 dollars, half of which went to this charity. The other half went to my fund for my big trip to South America starting July 1st.