Kelowna man rides bike 654km for mental health, pipeline awareness
Lake Country CalendarJul 16, 2019
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Ross said the trip has two main purposes: opening the conversation around mental health and changing the minds of citizens and politicians against the
In May,
Ross was planning a lengthy bike trip down to
"The distance kept growing, and ninety minutes later I had a much more ambitious plan," wrote Ross on his GoFundMe page. "Without further thought or research into the distance or how long it would take, I decided I was going to challenge myself to ride a bike from
Ross said the anxiety of his trip started getting to him around the end of January, but with
"The significance of this day helped me once again push forward. I needed to beat my anxieties of riding back to
All proceeds generated by Ross' ride will be going to two foundations—50 per cent to the