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Rick and Tanya turned their passion for cycling into a charitable organization called TWO WHEEL VIEW in 2000 after taking a two-year around-the-world cycling adventure. The experience opened their eyes and changed their view about a lot things.
Lifetime adventurers and avid bikers, Rick and Tanya first met as teenage guidance counselors at a youth camp. For both of them, the draw of the unknown has proven inextinguishable. Rick was bitten by the bicycling bug when he and Tanya toured through New Zealand in 1993. Soon thereafter, they set their sights on an around-the-world bike tour. He recounts stories of hiding from the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, getting caught in a monsoon in Belize, and biking through summits of the Andes. From 1998 through 2000, Rick and Tanya traveled around the world by bicycle to realize a shared dream. They pedaled over 24,000km through 43 countries exploring parts of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, South and Central America and Mexico. In 2010 they returned from a 14-month, 14,000km bike trip from Calgary to Mexico City and back with their three boys that were 4, 6, and 8 years old.
Their experiences and perspectives on the world, as seen from the seat of a bike, created the basis for TWO WHEEL VIEW. The passion and vision of TWO WHEEL VIEW is captured in their personal connection to global environments and their continued efforts to provide opportunities for young people.
Read about and see images from their around-the-world trek.
The passion and vision of Two Wheel View is captured in the founders, Rick and Tanya McFerrin, personal connection to global environments and their continued efforts to provide opportunities for young people.
Two Wheel View has continued to evaluate its program and refine its vision and mission to create positive, action-oriented, focused experiences for young people. Programs have expanded from providing local mountain bike outings and environmental education to its current scope and vision of connecting young people to the social, cultural, and physical landscapes of our world through bicycle adventures.
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