Don Dauphinais just returned from a charity bike ride last Sunday. He rode 4,210 miles from San Francisco to Boston in memory of his good friend, Crispin Morrison, who died May 23, 2003, of ovarian cancer. These cross-country rides are much more common than you may think; nonetheless, everytime it is accomplished, you just have to admire the heart of the rider.

I have a friend who once did a similar ride to draw attention to the oil industry's on-going plan to open up the Arctic National Refuge to drilling. Jeff Barrie, documentarian and all around cool guy, has been a longtime inspiration for me. Check out his latest project Kilowatt Ours. I'll write more about Jeff in future posts.

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