PASS THE OXYGEN PLEASE: 16,000 feet on a Friday this Sunday

Lynette Chiang

2004-12-02





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Want something to do Sunday Dec 5 at around 11am?



PASS THE OXYGEN PLEASE: I will be showing my 51-minute reality film of

my recent trip, Biking the Highest Paved Road in in the World, 16,000

feet (Peru). This is the first of a couple of showings I'll do.

Location: Bike Friday, 3364 W11th Eugene, 1-800-777-0258

First, we'll all meet as usual at 9.30 a.m. for the regular First

Sunday of the Month ride, and do an easy flat route the whole family

can enjoy. All welcome. Hardcore types can detour over Gimpl or

Greenhill if you want.



Then... SHOWTIME! You can see a 5-minute sample, filmed entirely on my

Canon digital Elph camera (can you believe that), plus read about this

ascent, here:



http://www.bikefriday.com/bf/galfromdownunder-peru2004



The trip was led by Race Across America champ Lon Haldeman, and

followed a 500 mile, 12-day route from the barren hills of Lima over

the 16,000 foot Ticlo mountain pass, down through spectacular terraced

valleys to Satipo, a remote, steamy inland jungle town where local

police said we were the first foreigners to reach there by bicycle.

You'll see footage of a remote orphanage where 85 Peruvian children,

whose parents were slain by guerillas, live on the salary of the sole

nun who cares for them. I shall be taking donations for these kids -

$40 would feed all 84 of them for a day. You could do this trip with

him next year!



We'll have the usual hot soup and bread after the ride, so tell me

you're coming in advance and I'll count you in. If you would like to

bring something to share potluck style it would be appreciated.



THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE HANDSOMEST MAN AT BORDERS:



Thanks to the 50+ folks who came to my 'Handsomest Man in Cuba' talk at

Borders. I even met a 'fellow' Galfromdownunder there! You can read

about how my coast to coast book tour panned out here:

http://www.bikefriday.com/bf/handsomestmanincuba-booktour2004



SOMETHING TO DO SAT PM: EUGENE LIBRARY AND ARTISTS FAIR:



I'll also be at the Eugene Library Authors and Artists Fair, Sat Sep 4,

7-10pm, (along with 40 other writers and artists), for those who would

like to stuff the toe of their stocking with a bedtime tale about Cuba

... Borders have 1- copies, and for Portland readers, Powells stock it.

And if you live in front of a flickering screen, Amazon.



Hope to see you, somewhere ....

RSVP, 541-687-0487, 1-800-777-0258 or lynchiang at yahoo dot com

PPS http://www.craigslist.org now has a Eugene section. Maybe your

social life and sofa search improve drastically.



Lynette Chiang

http://www.galfromdownunder.com

PERU trip: http://www.bikefriday.com/bf/galfromdownunder-peru2004

THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN CUBA USA Edition

http://www.galfromdownunder.com/cuba

"One of the best on-the-road travel books of this generation." - Martin

Stevenson, the Launceston Examiner

"The only time you will put it down is when you finish it." -

Australian Cyclist magazine.

ISBN: 0-9755816-0-0, $14.95, available from Bike Friday,

1-800-777-0258, serv-@bikefriday.com | Amazon.com



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<fixed>Want something to do Sunday Dec 5 at around 11am?





PASS THE OXYGEN PLEASE: I will be showing my 51-minute reality film of

my recent trip, Biking the Highest Paved Road in in the World, 16,000

feet (Peru). This is the first of a couple of showings I'll do.



Location: Bike Friday, 3364 W11th Eugene, </fixed>1-800-777-0258<fixed>



</fixed>First, we'll all meet as usual at 9.30 a.m. for the regular

First Sunday of the Month ride, and do an easy flat route the whole

family can enjoy. All welcome. Hardcore types can detour over Gimpl or

Greenhill if you want.



<fixed>



Then... SHOWTIME! You can see a 5-minute sample, filmed entirely on my

Canon digital Elph camera (can you believe that), plus read about this

ascent, here:





http://www.bikefriday.com/bf/galfromdownunder-peru2004





The trip was led by Race Across America champ Lon Haldeman, and

followed a 500 mile, 12-day route from the barren hills of Lima over

the 16,000 foot Ticlo mountain pass, down through spectacular terraced

valleys to Satipo, a remote, steamy inland jungle town where local

police said we were the first foreigners to reach there by bicycle.

You'll see footage of a remote orphanage where 85 Peruvian children,

whose parents were slain by guerillas, live on the salary of the sole

nun who cares for them. I shall be taking donations for these kids -

$40 would feed all 84 of them for a day. You could do this trip with

him next year!





We'll have the usual hot soup and bread after the ride, so tell me

you're coming in advance and I'll count you in. If you would like to

bring something to share potluck style it would be appreciated.





THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE HANDSOMEST MAN AT BORDERS:





Thanks to the 50+ folks who came to my 'Handsomest Man in Cuba' talk

at Borders. I even met a 'fellow' Galfromdownunder there! You can read

about how my coast to coast book tour panned out here:



http://www.bikefriday.com/bf/handsomestmanincuba-booktour2004





SOMETHING TO DO SAT PM: EUGENE LIBRARY AND ARTISTS FAIR:





I'll also be at the Eugene Library Authors and Artists Fair, Sat Sep

4, 7-10pm, (along with 40 other writers and artists), for those who

would like to stuff the toe of their stocking with a bedtime tale

about Cuba ... Borders have 1- copies, and for Portland readers,

Powells stock it. And if you live in front of a flickering screen,

Amazon.





Hope to see you, somewhere ....



RSVP, 541-687-0487, </fixed>1-800-777-0258<fixed> or lynchiang at

yahoo dot com



PPS http://www.craigslist.org now has a Eugene section. Maybe your

social life and sofa search improve drastically.





</fixed>Lynette Chiang



http://www.galfromdownunder.com



PERU trip: http://www.bikefriday.com/bf/galfromdownunder-peru2004



THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN CUBA USA Edition



http://www.galfromdownunder.com/cuba



"One of the best on-the-road travel books of this generation." -

Martin Stevenson, the Launceston Examiner



"The only time you will put it down is when you finish it." -

Australian Cyclist magazine.



ISBN: 0-9755816-0-0, $14.95, available from Bike Friday,

1-800-777-0258, serv-@bikefriday.com | Amazon.com





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