FLCC> Wild cycling narrative next Tuesday

[Andrejs Ozolins]

Central New York cyclists,

I hope you'll join us for a special event next week:

Tuesday, May 29, 7:00 pm at the Running Company store on State Street 
(by the corner of Geneva).

A Wild Ride -- Hellbiking, bushwacking, and packrafting the length of 
the Alaska Range: A firsthand account and wild slideshow by Paul Adkins


The show is by Paul Adkins, an Ithacan for the past couple years who has 
had some incredible adventures. He's going to be describing a trek along 
the length of the Alaska Range with two other travelers. An account of 
this trip was published in National Geographic Magazine (May 97). It 
isn't bicycling the way most of us ever get to do it, so please come and 
see the show, talk to Paul, and dream about a departure from the ordinary.

This event is being held to support awareness of the Black Diamond Trail 
project.  I know! The Alaska Range isn't at all like the Black Diamond 
Trail; but it is cycling, it is outdoors, it is following a call not 
only to adventure but to enjoyment of one's physical faculties -- and 
these are things that the Black Diamond Trail can further on its own 
small scale.

In any case, this slide show presentation is the product of the Black 
Diamond Trail Enthusiasts' Network (BDTEN), a group that's trying to 
increase awareness of the trail's potential and creating some political 
pressure for the NY State authorities to get off the dime and build it. 
We'll have some further information at the slide show.

Have a look at http://blackdiamondtrail.org for some more information 
(historical, current, etc) and pictures of the trail as it is today.

Andrejs