During the summer of 2014, Brian Schilling and Robin Kerber will cycle the TransAmerica Trail from Yorktown, Virginia to Astoria, Oregon – a distance of 4,242 miles. Both recent university graduates and aspiring farmers, the adventure was partly born for a desire to live and work in the Northwest as well as to understand the relationship between agriculture and community across the United States. This is the first of several podcasts with Brian and Robin during their journey westward and you can read more about their adventures on their journal at crazyguyonabike.com.  Brian Schilling and Robin Kerber, welcome to The Pursuit Zone.

In March 2013, Oli Goulden and Matthieu Liard left Shanghai China to cycle the Road of Smiles. An 8-month cycling adventure to London to raise money for Operation Smile an organization that performs free surgeries for children around the world that have cleft lip, cleft palate, and other facial deformities. It was a 16,000 km cycle tour across 16 countries, 4 deserts, and 3 mountain ranges and you can read the whole story at roadofsmiles.com. Oli Goulden, welcome to The Pursuit Zone.

Squash Falconer has summited Mt. Everest, was the first British woman to paraglide from Mont Blanc in France, and in the summer of 2013 set the world record for riding an ElliptiGO bicycle across the UK, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and France.  A 3,074 mile journey over nine weeks to raise money for the breast cancer charity Coppafeel, and to get people to join the ride and share the love of a good adventure.  You can read more about it at squashfalconer.com.  Squash Falconer, welcome to The Pursuit Zone.

Charles Scott is leading a life of family adventure.  In 2009 he and his 8-year-old son Sho cycled 2500 miles across Japan.  In 2011, his 4-year-old daughter Saya joined them to cycle the circumference of Iceland.  And in 2012 the three cycled Germany, Switzerland, France and England over 42 days.  This summer the family set off again to re-trace the 3,200-mile Lewis & Clark Trail.  They will drive the first 1,500 miles in 2 weeks, then cycle the next 1,700 miles in 6 weeks over the Rocky Mountains all the way to the Pacific Ocean.  You can read about their adventure at familyadventureguy.blogspot.com.  Charles Scott, welcome to The Pursuit Zone.

Cycling 4,500 miles across the USA was the easy part of Rob Greenfield’s 19-state adventure.  So what was the hard part?  How about doing it using electricity only from renewable energy, consuming water only from natural sources, and eating only locally grown organic food – a challenging off-the-grid adventure.  The ride was done to inspire Americans to live a healthier and happier lifestyle for themselves and for the planet and you can learn more about it at GreenfieldAdventures.org.  Rob Greenfield, welcome to The Pursuit Zone.

After a decade of being distracted by a career, a relationship, and home ownership; Loretta Henderson decided to stop dreaming about adventure and to start living it.  She left Alaska at age 36 to begin cycling around the world.  Starting in the United Kingdom, she left the bike shop on a Thorn Raven without a map and without any cycling experience.  Four years later she has pedaled across 30 countries on 5 continents and records her adventures at www.skalatitude.com.  Loretta Henderson welcome to The Pursuit Zone.