Your Photos - Korea Cycling BLitz, 5.5 hours in -2, `Happy Holidays!

The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
Kahlil Gibran
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
Fortune favors the brave.
Publius Terence
He who hesitates is lost.
Proverb
Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are still masters of our fate.
We are still captains of our souls.
Winston Churchill
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
For hope is but the dream
of those that wake.
Matthew Prior
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose--
a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Shelley
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Johann Gottfried Von Herder
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
Voltaire
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
William B. Sprague
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
St. Clement of Alexandra
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
You cannot plough a field by
turning it over in your mind.
Author Unknown
The best way out is always through.
Robert Frost
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Johnson

Brian 브라이인...안산 Perich 300+ Members!!! Thank YOU!!! I want to keep the tempo moving, the heart pounding, the gut wrenching, power to the people through two wheels, desire to lend a charity a hand, the dream to ride large!!! Respect goes out to Maple Leaf Cycling Club, Windsor, Ontario, Canada and all NEW MEMBERS for supporting!!! Expedition web: http://arctic2argentina.com/

If your an active Facebook user, please join the expedition group & invite all your friends too!!!

Visit: If 1 million ppl join I'll bicycle from Canada 2 Argentina in 2012-2013

Winter is a time for dreaming, inspiration!

Adventures begin at home with words & dreams & inspiration that grows until you see it through...

The fear that kills;

And hope that is unwilling to be fed;

Cold, pain, and labour, and all fleshy ills;

And mighty Poets in their misery dead.

-Perplexed, and longing to be comforted,

My question eagerly I did renew.

'How is it that you live, and what is it that you do?'

William Wordsworth cited from 'Resolution and Independence' (1820 ed.) stanza 17.

United Nations - Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 2009

Unite on an evening of support for the UN Climate Change Summit.

People in each community can work together to share a message globally.
We created a voice in a gathering in the streets of Ansan City, Korea.

Useful links to connect to the Copenhagen Climate Conference:

http://www.facebook.com/cop15

http://twitter.com/cop15

http://www.youtube.com/cop15

http://www.google.com/landing/cop15/

http://en.cop15.dk/climate+thoughts

Copenhagen Climate Control Summit - South Korea's last chance for the Real Deal!

Location: Ansan, South Korea Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009.

Time: 7:30-12:00am

Arranged by: Brian Perich, Adventure Cyclist

My website for Cycling in Korea: http://korean-world.blogspot.com

The event gathered together a some of the local Anyang, Ansan and Suwon communities for a party, salsa dancing, and celebration to recognize the need for global leaders to protect our environments, control green house emissions, pollutions and effluence from industrial developments worldwide. I am personally concerned about environmental sustainability, and the impact climate change and globalization is continuing to have on the developing world, and in industrialized and post-industrial societies.

In 2012-2013, I will be cycling on a non-profit, charity driven, eco-awareness cycling expedition from the Arctic to Argentina (http://arctic2argentina.com) and I am currently studying Adult Learning & Global Change for Masters in Education. It's about moving people in a new, clean direction because the old way of abandoning the waste on Earth, isn't working, and it's time for the Real Deal!

Brian Perich, Teacher, Father, Adventure Cyclist, Activist, South Korea

Ciro Viviano & Maple Leaf Cycling Club (MLCC) Windsor, Canada

Maple Leaf Cycling Club [MLCC] Canada.

Ciro Viviano, Maple Leaf Cycling Club (MLCC) Canada [Photos: MLCC]Ciro Viviano racing in the Tour D'Italia, Windsor, Ontario, Canada [Photos: MLCC]

Back in 1990 & 1991, I joined Caboto Velo Cycling Club of Windsor, Ontario, Canada and it was there that I met Ciro Viviano, a lifetime Cyclist devoted to the two-wheels movement. Ciro and I were good friends and we shared many commonalities like cycling, running, athletic training and even scooters (gas-driven, his: 1965 Vespa S.S. and mine: Honda PA-50). Truth is, we did much more cycling than riding our gas-burners. The training ground consisted of a grid of intersecting roadways around the city of Windsor and across greater Essex County's concessions in a corner of southwestern Ontario.

We both chose cycling as a lifestyle choice, whereas, most people our age chose social activities that didn't involve bikes. Clearly, we had something different in mind. Cycling gives life, uber energy, personal strength, and a form of yoga on two wheels, allowing the participant to relax and let go of life's pains and concerns.

The clubs we belonged to (Caboto and later Maple Leaf Cycling Club) gave us support in training and introduced many concepts in cycling theory and out on the road with Criterions (CRITS), Road Racing (RR), Individual Time Trails (ITT) and Endurance Training (Sprint intervals, Long Distance Training) that are essentially fundamental to successful endurance racing and training.

Think of the physical/mental capabilities involved in overcoming continuous 'mental' barriers out on the road: head winds, elevation ascents, rain, snow, fatigue, self-doubt (does your mind play tricks on you? "Stop, tired...No, keep going, finish..." and the test of will power to overcome everyone of those challenges is always with you as a Cyclist endurance athlete.

I left Caboto Velo Club after the 1991 season, turning back to offroad MTB riding for the fall, but Ciro Viviano had another idea: "Bri, why don't you come with me and start training with Maple Leaf Cycling Club (MLCC)." I thought it over, and I think the answer came right away, "Great idea Ciro! Ok! I'll come." So, I followed Ciro to a school gymnasium to meet the new club members, and became a member again into a new community of riders in Maple Leaf Cycling Club coached by the fierce and friendly Aldo Sfalcin of Windsor.

Ciro Viviano also instilled a lot of faith in my training efforts, for him I should give great gratitude for always encouraging and participating in the training together. We also were the only members in Caboto Velo Club to complete a full (480km) ride from Windsor, Ontario to Grand Bend, Ontario (10 hours=240km, 11 hours=240km) in 21 hours!

We returned to this duo-endurance event in long distance touring the following season, completing 240km and 120kms in 1.5 days (10 hours=240km, 6 hours=120km), the second attempt was interrupted by a hail storm, a stray dog [we rescued! and lived with me for 7 years afterwards], and finally a hitch back into Windsor. What we did on these (Long Distance Tours) LDT had nothing in common with our teammates, I remember there were quite a few jokes about it in the Club, but it definitely ignited my interests in adventure cycling, and that fire hasn't gone out after 19 years!

I later went on to motorcycle across the United States and northern Ontario and Western Canada five times (1994-1998) taking in 24,000km over 60 days on the saddle. Canoe across Quetico Provincial Park as a wilderness guide. Lead/guide camping adventures in the American southwest (California, Nevada, Utah, 21 days=5000 miles). And even spend 5 months learning meditation and yoga at the SRF Meditation Center in the mountains of southern California, following 10 months of surfing alongside California and coast of Mexico's Baja peninsula.

GO GREEN. Today, I am focused on GREEN REVOLUTIONS OF TWO WHEELS so the move is entirely back to human-powered vehicles (HPV's) and what better one than a bicycle, that's where the world became empowered in motion, which today can free up almost anyone with a dream to ride around the world. Think about it, go green!

Thanks to Ciro Viviano and Maple Leaf Cycling Club of Windsor, Ontario and their members for supporting my 2012-2013 Arctic to Argentina non-profit, Charity-focused, Cycling Expedition. To all of you, let's work to keep the rubberside down!

Brian Perich, Adventure Cyclist - South Korea

Nature Conservationist: Kai Unu. Communicating with Natural Earth

[Photos/text courtesy of Kai Unu, Conservationist]

his family has been damaged by companies and individuals who pollute its ecosystem

Animals are not objects, they feel and they are wonderful in every way, this should be swimming for example, but for someone stupid, they take it out of his habitat and make this from it's life.

another image made with mobile phone, this was at the mouth of the Rio Rancheria in Rioacha Guajira.

[Photos courtesy of Kai Unu]

La Sierra Nevada vista desde Camarones Guajira [Photo courtesy of: Kai Unu]

Hey Kai, I translated your text chat. Thank you! I love cycling, nature and I love meeting amazing people all over the world that have a dream to ride bikes. Your right, I need to practice my language exchanges, especially with Spanish speakers, I will be traveling through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Equador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina in late 2012 or early 2013 I should have arrived in southern Patagonia. This expedition starts at 65 degrees North latitude above the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories of Canada and ends in Urshuaia, Argentina.

Hey Kai, he traducido el texto de su charla. Gracias! Me encanta el ciclismo y me encanta conocer a gente increíble en todo el mundo que tienen un sueño de montar bicicletas. Su derecho, necesito practicar mi intercambios lingüísticos, sobre todo con hablantes de español, me va a viajar por México, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia y Argentina a finales de 2012 o principios de 2013 I debería haber llegado en la Patagonia austral. Esta expedición se inicia a los 65 grados de latitud Norte por encima del Círculo Ártico en los Territorios del Noroeste de Canadá y termina en Urshuaia, Argentina.

Kai Unu is a Nature Conservationist and Cyclist. He inspires others to see the vision of preserving the delicate ecosystem of mother Earth, we only have one planet to sustain life, therefore, we should start to protect it. These photographs are a powerful reminder of what resources exist in nature, that should be left in nature's element. And we can see what happens when man enters the natural environment and destroys nature, or harms the living creatures that belong there. THINK.

First snow of December, Expedition Cyclists, Adventurers, Navigation

First Snow of December, Expedition Cyclists, Adventurers, Navigation

Love the sight of the first snow. In South Korea, it’s the sign of fresh weather, clearer conditions for riding in lower elevations, and far less smog. Winter is the ideal cyclists condition for healthier commuting to work, cycling for fitness training, or just getting around the country. Many have already crossed the country, or are setting off on winter vacation for Jeju-do (Island) in the south of the peninsula, where the milder temperatures and snow covered peaks of Mount Halla (Hallasan) are ever present in the background. Cycle touring is evolving into World Expeditions, and that can be done fast or slow. Take several examples from powerful elites in the Slow Bicycle Movement that have successfully cycled around the world, two recent examples that best exemplify WT (World Touring) are Alastair Humphreys (UK) and now Nicholai Bangsgaard (Denmark) whom have both completed 4-year crossings of entire Earth landmasses on two-wheels. Others that are notable for their dedication to the lifestyle and longevity of WT are Tim & Cindie Travis (USA) making bicycle touring their home since 2002. Additionally, Peter Gostelow is currently on his charity-based Big Africa Cycle and heading into the Sahara shortly. I had the opportunity to speak to Peter from Youssef Boucetta’s house in Demante, Morocco yesterday via Skype. One of the best charity campaigns on 2 in 2009 was definitely Dan Harrison riding his flagship bicycle expedition from London to Capetown delivering (currently) 24,450 GBP (Pounds!!!) to orphanages all along his route. Dan’s Better Life Cycle can be summed up in a huge success already, and his mission statement is already in motion: The Better Life Cycle has one goal; to give some of the worlds most disadvantaged children a better life. “Dan Harrison sets off from London on August 22nd on an epic solo cycle through Europe, the Middle East and Africa; arriving in Cape Town autumn 2010…” Finally, there’s another Adventurer who ready seen the road, cycling from London to Capetown and from Korea to Capetown on his already epic Korea to Capetown: through the Axis of Evil charity campaign, Dan Martin will set out to complete the world’s first World Triathlon. That’s right, he is planning and now seriously training to be the first to swim 1/3, cycle 1/3, and run 1/3 of the way around the world. Watch out for Dan’s grand slam to hit the endurance circuits, or completely blow them out. Beyond the Ironman/RAAM competitions, there is the slow, driven, and hard to the core Martin who will likely accomplish what others believe impossible. I believe he can do it! There's also Helen Lloyd with Take On Africa who now on her first massive charity expedition!!! More on the tabs, The Hungry Cyclist, Bicycle Touring Pro and Shuutak's 100,000km cycling expedition (in Japanese, feel free to support him by leaving a message!)

And finally don't forget to visit Kevin Shannon's Zero Emission World Expedition 2010, when he sets Because It Is There, inspired by George Leigh Mallory's expeditions of Mount Everest, whom is quoted for inspiring the adventure quests simply, "Because it it there!" Finally, more honorable notations on Antony Jinman's incredible efforts with Education through Expedition and his Eco-Movements to explore and educate on global warming through Arctic exploration and bringing it back to the classrooms, and into the labs with ice-coring work he will be doing on a bid to reach the North Pole with a collaboration with the University of Plymouth. He has recently received a letter from United Nations supporting his innovative work in education and has been selling a load of figgy pudding to support the innovation!

What’s really amazing about cycling and expeditions, are the ways people can use this transportation as a transformation into charity works and missions on expedition. This aspect of bicycle touring has become the center interest in my preparation to cycle from the Arctic 2 Argentina in 2012-2013. With every great dream there comes a great pursuit of realizing it. The work begins today, laying the foundations for tomorrow!

Extra notes: Navigation & GPS

I’ve also been looking at navigation, another example is looking at Seoul through the new program Playstreet that I found on the excellent Korean information site for Navigation called Foundatron. These sites can be incredibly useful for those living and Cycling in South Korea. This a full entry about Expedition Cyclists (links to many of their own stories) and a short piece on Navigation for Cyclists in Korea.