17 years ago Roman Urbina read about the Spanish Explorer Juan de Cavallón and his 20 year journey through the treacherous mountains of Costa Rica, in his attempt to explore the area. This expedition started on the Pacific Coast and finished on the Caribbean. Urbina, a recognized Costa Rican athlete and adventurer, decided to retrace [...]
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New Zealand was quite the change from South Africa and on the flight over I was glad to be able to stop off in Sydney, Australia. Australia is the place I’ve always wanted to live. It has endless amounts of wildlife and open space, the Great Barrier Reef and the people I’ve talk with from [...]
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I had the honor of meeting with representatives from all over South Africa for the Diabetes South Africa Convention; Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Pretoria, and Johannesburg all were present. The conference was held at the Protea Marina Hotel in Port Elizabeth and the management for the conference went out of their way to make [...]
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CWD Orlando 09- Truly the best event for children with diabetes anywhere on earth. This year we were back at Disney Worlds Coronado Springs Hotel in Orlando Florida. The week was spent reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. Every year I am touched by the passion and desire for knowledge each of these [...]
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The Red Rider team had about 30 members. We had kids, teens, college students and adults. They stepped out to do the 120K, 75K or 50k ride when they could have simply stayed home.
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Since I’d had such a busy week hanging out with Greg LeMond and going to parties, I hadn’t reviewed the route. No problem, It was only 120K how bad could it be?
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