onning apparel appropriate for
a Himalayan summit attempt, I
stepped into the frigid Massachusetts
morning that was January 1, 2014.
This was the frst day of my 2014 U.S.
bicycle Big Year, "Biking for Birds". It
also happened to be the frst day of
the "polar vortex", a frigid, arctic air
mass that would blanket the north -
eastern U.S. for the next two months.
Biking
for
Birds
Pedal-pushing through
the wide open spaces
of Pawnee National
Grassland in July.
Photo © Bill Schmoker
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