Twenty-year-old Dartmouth junior, Bond Almand, recently broke the Pan-American Cycling record by riding from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego in just 75 days! Read on for more on Bond’s amazing feat…

Though many of us spend a lifetime dreaming of cross-continental journeys, Bond Almand took the opportunity of his collegiate youth to complete one. The 20-year-old Dartmouth student broke the Pan-American Cycling record by riding his bike from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia in Tierra Del Fuego in just 75 days, smashing the previous 84-day record held by Michael Strasser.

  • Twenty Year Old Dartmouth Student Breaks Pan-American Cycling Record
  • Twenty Year Old Dartmouth Student Breaks Pan-American Cycling Record

The Pan-American cycling route spans over 14,000 miles, endeavors some 600,000 feet of elevation gain, and features incredibly challenging conditions. While the experience is surely a worthwhile venture unto itself, Bond’s ride included a charitable element. A student of our changing climate, Bond’s ride looked to raise funds for solar panel installation for schools located in Ecuador’s share of the Amazonian Rainforest.

  • Twenty Year Old Dartmouth Student Breaks Pan-American Cycling Record
  • Twenty Year Old Dartmouth Student Breaks Pan-American Cycling Record

Among the hustle and bustle of our day-to-day routines, it’s important to remember we’ve only got one life. To see a young person make the most of it and try to make a positive impact while doing so is quite inspiring. For more on Bond’s ride and the trials and tribulations he faced, you can visit his blog here, or listen to his appearance on Ted King’s King of the Ride. Chapeau, Bond!

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