📼 This is an archived record of the 2022–2024 Ride for Hope journey. It is preserved reading, not a live trip — links, forms and dates reflect the original diary.

Preparation

My Contributors

30 August 2022 Preparation

Thank you! Many have contributed to making this trip what it is. I’m sure I’ll miss some, but here’s an attempt to acknowledge.

  • Andrew S: for encouragement to pursue this dream – the first with whom I shared the idea, and from whom the enthusiasm was immediate!
  • Jason S: for highlighting the need and value of a prayer support team
  • James B: for highlighting the value in having a local host in each geography for bridging trust issues to mitigate border crossing challenges, for providing some really useful information, and a few contacts who’ve traveled excepts of the route
  • John A: for challenging me about the wisdom of spending six months in India for this Sabbatical – and hence stretching my thinking to what became the Melbourne-London ride
  • Steve D: for initial assistance with logistics through politically-difficult territory, and sharing the invaluable https://kayak.com resource
  • Richard B: for opening my thinking to the idea of leveraging the trip to sponsor a charity