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Joy ride : a bike odyssey from Alaska to Argentina / Kristen Jokinen ; introduction by Cheryl Strayed.

by Jokinen, Kristen, author.

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Portland, Oregon : Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts, 2023.

Jokinen, Kristen -- Travel.

Jokinen, Ville -- Travel.

Bicycle touring.

Pacific Crest Trail -- Description and travel.

Central America -- Description and travel.

South America -- Description and travel.

0998825751 (paperback)

9780998825755 (paperback) :

xiii, 266 pages : maps ; 23 cm

First US edition.

Introduction / by Cheryl Strayed -- The top of the world -- Bear floss -- Blind luck -- Bumble bee and vole -- Floating shorts -- Gargantuan burgers -- Wild country -- Afraid of nothing -- Chris Pratt -- Looney Tunes -- Waterlogged -- ¡Hola, gringo! -- Blue agave -- Sleeping in sex motels -- Dancing with the devil -- Ville rides naked -- Look a gift horse in the mouth -- A mosquito almost ends it all -- Energy juice -- 2 fast 2 furious -- Joy ride -- Filet of guinea pig -- Altitude sickness -- Caravan of misfits -- Desert blues -- Outcrazy the crazies -- Proceed with caution -- El fin del mundo -- Interview with Kristen Jokinen.

"Explorers Kristen and Ville Jokinen met scuba diving in Vietnam and fell in love. She was a real estate agent from Oregon, and he a financial analyst for Toyota in his native Finland. After hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from the border of Mexico to Canada they decided their next adventure would be a two-year cycling trip covering 18,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina, despite never having cycled other than around the block. Only their starting and ending points were planned, in between was navigated daily by their sense of adventure and intuition. Locals in Mexico, Central America, and South America allowed them to camp in their fields and farms, invited them into their homes and families, and acted as tour guides, Kristen and Ville held babies, attended quinceaneras, drank Pulque, played soccer, and visited schools. They presevered unrelenting, punishing rain and wind, altitude sickness, dog attacks, bike accidents, and countless flat tires to cycle between the ends of the earth. Ville and Kristen Jokinen move through the world with a sense of curiosity and belief that kindness connects us to our shared humanity. Well-timed following a global pandemic, Joy Ride reconnects us to hope and the inspiration to pursue our wildest dreams. Kristen and Ville are love on wheels." -- Page 4 of cover.

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