
A few miles from our campsite this morning we stopped to take this picture of Worthington Glacier. It is the most visited site in this part of Alaska. While there, this man rode up on his bicycle. We have seen a lot of bicyclists with saddle bags on both the front and back wheels. John asked him where he had come from. He said Argentina. We thought he meant he was from Argentina. It turned out he was from Belgium and had flown to southern Argentina and ridden all the way to Alaska. His usual distance is about 30 miles per day. Not only had he ridden all the way up South America, Central America, the west coast of the US, Canada and Alaska; he had taken side trips. He did the trip we had just done to Kennecott. Earlier he had made a 456-mile trip to Inuvik, Northwest Territories. That is 912 miles of gravel road. Carol asked him if he would like a candy bar. He said yes he had run out of food and would not be able to buy more until he reached Valdez which was about another 30 miles. We also gave him a breakfast bar, a bag of almonds, a bottle of drink and Carol made him a sandwich. He kept thanking us over and over again. He is 40 years old. His next project is to fly to Cape Town, South Africa and bike Africa from South to North. He has already done Europe from West to East.
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