Bikes on Ice

 
In 1900, two remarkable one thousand mile bicycle trips forever shaped Klondike Gold Rush legend. Max Hirschberg, a roadhouse manager, and Ed Jesson, a young miner, had dreams of striking it rich on the "gold-lined" beaches of Nome when they decided to ride a bicycle from Dawson City,YK in the dead of Winter. They braved bone numbing temperatures, harsh winds and snow blindness as they pedaled over the uncertain ice of the frozen Yukon River. In 1999, Kevin Vallely and two friends successfully skied the full length of the famous 1150 mile Iditarod Trail from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. It was out there in that cold, unforgiving landscape that Kevin began to understand the magnitude of suffering and risk that Max Hirshberg and Ed Jesson had undertaken. To do it himself was a challenge he found irresistible. Bikes on Ice is his adventure. National Geographic: Icebikers Complete Frozen Expedition Down Yukon National Geographic: Icebikers Follow Frozen Trail of Goldrush The Montreal Gazette: Alaska Beckons Daring Architect The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Trio to Retrace Historic Crossing of Alaska The Vancouver Sun: The Expedition Begins   Toe Cocktail Friends on the Trail   Temperature Drops   A Race Against Clime   Environment Change   Spring Breakup   They Made It http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0509_030509_bikesonice2.htmlhttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0414_030414_bikesonice.htmlhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Montreal%20Gazette%20article.pdfhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Seattle%20Post%20Intelligencer%20BOI.pdfhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Van%20Sun%20March%201,%2003.pdfhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Van%20Sun%20March%2008,%2003.pdfhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Vanc.Sun%20March%2015,%202003%20BOI.pdfhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Van%20Sun%20March%2029,%2003.pdfhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Vanc.Sun%20April%205th,%202003%20BOI.pdfhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Van%20Sun%20April%2012,%2003.pdfhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Van%20Sun%20April%2019,%2003.pdfhttp://www.kevinvallely.com/Images/Van%20Sun%20April%2026,%2003.pdfshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1shapeimage_7_link_2shapeimage_7_link_3shapeimage_7_link_4shapeimage_7_link_5shapeimage_7_link_6shapeimage_7_link_7shapeimage_7_link_8shapeimage_7_link_9shapeimage_7_link_10shapeimage_7_link_11