Synopsis

What could a person gain by cycling across Canada? Perhaps a better question is: What could a person lose?

The travelers on this trek know nothing about cycling. It is clear from the start that a lot of learning will take place throughout the seven-week journey this summer. The elements of wind, sun, spandex and road construction tame the wildest spirits on the team. While the timid are given opportunity to rise above major challenges. Everyone has a wall to go through, but how badly does each one want to smash through it?

Zaak initiates the trip on a whim by adding “Cycle across Canada” to his list of life goals five years earlier. Will, a young 15-year-old is eager to prove he’s a man. Bernd, a successful logging business- man, is out to test the fabric of his being. Kurt desires to pray across the continent. Saison wants to see the country in slow-motion. Australian Jessica wants to get to know her cousins Saison and Zaak, and brings her boyfriend Eric. Landon is bored at work, so he joins the crew a week before they set out. Amber, Zaak’s wife, does not want to be left behind. Add a mother-in-law and a precocious 5-year old to the mix of tired, hungry cyclists – and watch the sparks fly.

How do you cross the Rocky Mountains if all the training you’ve had is an afternoon on the prairie? How do you finish a trip you didn’t want to do in the first place? Most importantly, who ate more than their share?

Visit the cycling trip website for further information.