Left home at 10, cycled 52,000 miles and battled a tribe of monkeys

[Andrew_Culture]

Here's a nice positive cycling story...

For most cyclists, reaching the halfway point in a journey causes the mind to wander to thoughts of the comforts of a warm bath or perhaps a relaxing pint at the pub, but for Furtemba Sherpa halfway means eight more years of hard pedaling.

 

[asterix]

Hang on, if he left home at ten, in 2003, he can't possibly be 35 already?!

 

[ColinJ]

Hang on, if he left home at ten, in 2003, he can't possibly be 35 already?!

He left home at 10, but he didn't set off on his bike until his mid-twenties - it is all there in the article!

 

[biggs682]

wonder how many times he was visited by the p fairy