Oct 4th, BORP Revolution 2008

The Bay area Outreach and Recreation Program is a Berkeley-based organization that focuses on outdoor activities for individuals with disabilities. Each year BORP holds a fundraising bike ride in the wine growing region of Sonoma, near to California's Napa Valley. You can read more about this great event at BORP's website, http://www.borp.org/revolution/index.htm

I've had lots of fun with BORP riding hand-cycles in the past, but this year I was invited to help cheer the riders along, a role I accepted with great pleasure. Riders both with and without disabilities took part in the event, which included entries for everything from a 100k ride down to a 10k ride. 2008 Paralympic silver-medal hand-cycle champion Alejandro Albor and several other hand cyclists took-on the century along with many friends and supporters who helped make this fund-raising event a great success.

I helped many of the 10k hand-cyclists get ready for their ride at a beautiful spot in Graton, CA - this site was also about the half-way point for the 100k riders who came through after the 10k riders had set out. I've captured part of the adventure below:

Getting Ready for the 10k Ride:

These kids rock!

Here are some of the 100k Riders stopping in:

There were many beautiful sites along the way, and other amazing people to meet at the finish:

Come participate in this great and fun event next year on the last Saturday of September.