tinochow’s posterous

I thought my journey across the country was hardcore, but when I met Adam Biel a couple of days ago, what he is trying to accomplish completely dwarfs my cross-country trip. Adam is fresh out of college and he wanted to give back to the world by challenging himself to tackle one of the fastest growing problems in the world, Autism. I got introduce to Adam through a friend on my cross-country trip Suzanne Willis, who went to school together. I got a chance to hang out with him in while he was in Providence yesterday and was learning about what he was doing, and why this trip is so important for all of us.

The number of children who are affected by autism is growing rapidly, and if action is not taken, and taken quickly, it would become the legacy of our generation. For the next two and a half years, he is riding his bicycle, with all his gear, 25,000 miles from Anchorage, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina to raise awareness and money for Autism. He is currently in his in his 5th month of his 2 and half year journey, having ridden 6,000 of his 25,000 miles. While he was in Providence, he took the time to speak to a local elementary school and high school about his journey, Autism and to inspire young people to challenge themselves. To learn more about his journey, Autism and support him on his website "Adventure for Autism".

I just got a call yesterday morning from a Non-profit organization called Bike and Build to tell me that I am going to be cycling from Providence, RI to Seattle, WA and building houses on my way there. I will be traveling with 20 other individuals and I'll be taking photos and blogging my entire experience. I would be leaving on June 10 and arriving on August 16.

Bike and Build is a non-profit that targets young people to help raises money for and awareness of affordable housing efforts. I am a fervent cyclist and me being interested in empowering other young people, I would like to create an informal conversation about how I could use this as an opportunity to have other young people to live my experience and be inspired.

This is my bike... (its a long story, I am not trying to make you feel sympathetic, I love my bike and I have fixed it, I just realized that thats the only photo of me and my bike.)

I am going to start building my trip website and will be starting to raise $4000 for my trip.

- Tino