Gary Conley

Wave slider, water scientist, wilderness walker, moto enthusiast.  On sabbatical from the 9-5 in search of the back of beyond. Lover of kelp, sea otters, and redwoods – Northern California will always be home.  Victim of an acute relapse of wanderlust, but lives to tell the tale.

Jamie Riggs-Nagy

Infectious disease tracker, backpacking junkie, avid swimmer, budding surfer, marauding meditator. Jamie quit her job as an epidemiologist for the County of Santa Cruz, sold most of her stuff, packed the rest into a tiny bag, and flew to South Africa to ride across Africa with Gary.  Her first time in Africa, Jamie aims to spy big cats in the bush, have tea with mountain gorillas, meet giggling village kids, and conquer Kilimanjaro.

Michael Schickenberg

Rock wall scaler, grommet wrangler, dirt jump hucker, ocean beach charger.  Michael used his entire summer break from teaching middle school English in San Francisco to ride from Cape Town to Tanzania.  He flew to Cape Town the day after school ended, bought a Chinese-manufactured dirtbike, bungeed his backpack to the seat, and rode it to death across 8 countries in Southern Africa.

Rebecca Frachette

Marketing guru, ultra-running fanatic, globe trotter. We met Rebecca in Africa running the entire length of Lake Malawi (360 miles!). She’s run a marathon on every continent on the planet and shows no sign of slowing down.  Rebecca has joined us on the journey from Europe to Mongolia, and runs off into the wilderness every time we make camp somewhere.

2 Replies to “Riders”

  1. Hello Gary!

    How have you been? As you probably have noticed I had to go home in April due to my wrist. It’s still not right but I am doing physical therapy. Hopefully later this fall I can ride back south and catch up with Calvin. Sure hope so. I miss it a lot. The open road. Ultimate freedom. New rad friends like yourself. Simply awesome.

    I tell the story of our meeting often. The awesomeness still amazes me. The meeting of like minded individuals…

    I’ll get back out there. Just gotta heal up.

    I heard about your recent artical. Congrats! Cal ordered a copy for us. Looking forward to reading about your travels.

    That photo you shot of us the day we met is the best shot of our journey yet. Would you mind sharing that file? I’d like to make a few prints. I won’t sell it or anything like that!

    -Sam

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