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ON TWO WHEELS Consultant Amanda Prenty is seeing the world from the seat of a bike FITTINGLY FOR such dyed-in-the-wool travellers, the idea for a global multi-year adventure by bike came to Amanda Prenty and her husband in a cafe in Paris. Observing her devastation that a six-week vacation was coming to an end, Prenty’s husband said, “Let’s not go back.” The plans born that night took three years to implement, but finally, in August 2014, the couple “pulled the plug, left our corporate jobs, sold the house” and hit the road on the first leg of a planned 10-year journey. Prenty has maintained her HR consulting career during her travels with the help of technology, in addition to picking up Spanish, learning to play the guitar and writing a book specifically for cyclists exploring Cuba. The latest leg of the sojourn, which began at Inuvik (the northernmost tip of North America by road), is scheduled to wind up at the southernmost tip of South America early next year. The one aspect of travelling that has left the greatest impression on Prenty has been the human connections that proved so elusive in the corporate world. “At first I wanted to see the world, but now I’m more intrigued by the kindness of people,” she says. “The countries I’m visiting are beautiful, but at the end of the day, most of my memorable stories are about the people.”
7
Number of times the couple has crossed the Continental Divide
48
218,000
Total metres climbed (the equivalent of Mt. Everest 24 times)
17
Number of flat tires on the trip so far
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