Biking Across America by Paul Stutzman

Author:Paul Stutzman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIO018000, BIO026000
ISBN: 9781441241801
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2013-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

After fifty miles of climbing, I was again headed downhill. I could not, however, reach any great speed in the darkness. My light still flickered off and on, unpredictable and unreliable. I had found that if I held the light tightly, a feeble glow fell on the roadway. It was almost like I was squeezing the small beam out of the headlight. One hand clutched the light, one hand was on the handlebar.

Nearing the bottom of the hill, I hit a thermal air pocket and the cold was suddenly intense. I donned my raingear, attempting to stay warm. I was now lonely, sad, depressed, and freezing.

Then came another uphill. I was so exhausted that I had no strength to pedal. I pushed. And pushed. And pushed. I pushed my bike for hours. Every now and then, I’d lift the front of the bike, searching with the feeble light, trying to find mile markers. How much farther? I knew I was weaving in the road. My mind started to play tricks on me. I remembered stories about truckers being on the road too long and seeing camels and zebras where there were none. I heard voices; friends were yelling at me. Paul, get on the bike and pedal!

At three in the morning, I collapsed. Whimpering like a baby, I lay down in the ditch at the side of the road, rested my head on a rock, and passed out.

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