Climate Zero. 54° North to 54° South by (pedal) Bicycle.
My goals for this tour are to ride from 54° north latitude to 54° south latitude by pedal bike and along the way join on-going, tree-planting projects so that I can plant 5,000 trees before I finish the tour, enough to zero-out my 52-year carbon footprint, that's Climate Zero! The tour is currently underway.
I departed Scarborough, Maine on August 22nd, 2023, and arrived to the side-by-side communities of Happy Valley and Goose Bay, Labrador, sixteen days later on 6 September. I boarded a ship on 8 September bound for Rigolet, Black Tickle, and Cartwright, remote communities on the Labrador coastline. I exited the ship at Cartwright, just below 54° north latitude, the official starting line for Climate Zero. I began my journey southward towards Ushuaia and 54° south latitude on September 11th.
During the tour prelude, the initial 18 days from Scarborough to Cartwright, I posted images, videos, and maps to my social media channels, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. And since the tour began on September 11th, I've been adding much more and will continue to do so as opportunity and fatigue permit.
Climate Zero is dedicated to the memory of two dear friends, Wade "Suedehead" Collin and Dr. John Kummrow. These and other friends that I've lost over the years will be in my thoughts and in my heart throughout the tour. Instead of the sadness I felt from their initial loss, I will endeavor to replace those feelings with the inspiration that their lives and their memory gifted to me and everyone else that knew them.
I departed Scarborough, Maine on August 22nd, 2023, and arrived to the side-by-side communities of Happy Valley and Goose Bay, Labrador, sixteen days later on 6 September. I boarded a ship on 8 September bound for Rigolet, Black Tickle, and Cartwright, remote communities on the Labrador coastline. I exited the ship at Cartwright, just below 54° north latitude, the official starting line for Climate Zero. I began my journey southward towards Ushuaia and 54° south latitude on September 11th.
During the tour prelude, the initial 18 days from Scarborough to Cartwright, I posted images, videos, and maps to my social media channels, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. And since the tour began on September 11th, I've been adding much more and will continue to do so as opportunity and fatigue permit.
Climate Zero is dedicated to the memory of two dear friends, Wade "Suedehead" Collin and Dr. John Kummrow. These and other friends that I've lost over the years will be in my thoughts and in my heart throughout the tour. Instead of the sadness I felt from their initial loss, I will endeavor to replace those feelings with the inspiration that their lives and their memory gifted to me and everyone else that knew them.
Left or top image: Wade Collin. Right or bottom two images: Dr. John Kummrow.
Public Support,
Please consider a one-time or recurring donation using these Paypal or Venmo links to support my adventures by bicycle and the hours that I invest in social media posts describing those journeys on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
Seeking Sponsorship,
I want to thank Sportful for a deep discount on the clothing that I'm wearing in all of my Climate Zero images and videos, so far the only discount on equipment, clothing, etc, that I've received to reduce costs associated with Climate Zero. In the meantime, I'm logging enormous amounts of images and videos and frequently posting that material to my social media channels, opportunities for sponsors to receive valuable advertising for any investment they are willing to make to Climate Zero. Use the contact page on my website to get in touch with me.
YouTube Climate Zero Playlist,
Use this link to visit the Climate Zero playlist on my YouTube channel.
Satellite Tracking: where's andre now?
For the first time in my touring history, I'm carrying a satellite tracker that sends my location to an online mapping tool every ten minutes that anyone can visit, be sure to click VIEW ALL after the map loads to see the entire journey so far. Here's the link. This is a feature of Garmin powered by an inReach Mini 2 satellite tracker.
RideWithGPS: details of my route
I'm uploading my GPS data to a RideWithGPS collection about one-time per week, here's the link. Folks that are not RideWithGPS users should be able to see and interact with the feature as well.