Niki Rellon's Inspirational Story for Bicycle Touring, Commuting and...
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While hurriedly packing my gear for a trip to Bastrop, Texas (previous post) I received a phone call from a gal speaking with such a thick accent I couldn't understand what she was saying. She must have picked up on my lack of patience at that moment and said "I apologize it's my accent". That was all I needed to hear to exercise some more patience with her and after understanding she was bike touring and simply needed a place to sleep for the night we both got a good chuckle out of our initial communication gap. She suggested that I google her name of Niki Rellon. I figured she just wanted me to verify that she was a legitimate bike touring person so at first I hesitated to look her up.
Niki Rellon first female amputee to hike the Appalachian Trail As it turned out a whole of folks know about Niki Rellon and her accomplishments as an adventuring amputee and perhaps just as many other folks had heard of Niki Rellon's adventuring accomplishments previous to the injury she received which caused her current amputee status. For example the folks at the Adventure Journal shared her long list of outdoor accomplishments including hiking, bike touring and other very active achievements which are all quite impressive.
All that having been said what is most notable about her visit with us was her warmth, humour and personable character of deep strength. Although due to work and other previously scheduled obligations I didn't have much of a chance to chat with Niki but Lisa was glowing with enthusiasm at having an opportunity to meet such a strong, courageous woman which of course I'm sure they have a lot in common in that regard. However, Niki did tell me a tid bit of her 2002 bike touring trip from Alaska to Mexico City and her cross country bike tour in 2013. We joked about how some of the folks on warmshowers request three days notice or some sort of tight scheduling because as she agreed when you're bicycle touring it's more of an "will get there when I can, hoping to be there by such and such date and time". It's one of the things I appreciate about bike touring and Niki totally agreed with me by saying to Lisa "people have no idea if they haven't traveled by bike before, there's no hard and fast schedule to keep". Excellent.
Anyhow, Niki's journey continues as she is currently working on her book after having so many folks suggest that she do so. It was nice to hear how much about her life and her new plans on her adventures she had shared with Lisa. We wish Niki great success in all that she aspires to achieve with her life and will most likely succeed in whatever she sets out to accomplish.
For more information about Niki Rellon and her inspiring story use any of the links provided above or simply search her name. Here a couple of links to her facebook and crowdrise pages where you can also take the opportunity to support and aide Niki's pursuit of her dreams. Here are a couple of links for more info.
Niki Rellon Crowdrise Fund Page
Niki Rellon on Facebook
All that having been said what is most notable about her visit with us was her warmth, humour and personable character of deep strength. Although due to work and other previously scheduled obligations I didn't have much of a chance to chat with Niki but Lisa was glowing with enthusiasm at having an opportunity to meet such a strong, courageous woman which of course I'm sure they have a lot in common in that regard. However, Niki did tell me a tid bit of her 2002 bike touring trip from Alaska to Mexico City and her cross country bike tour in 2013. We joked about how some of the folks on warmshowers request three days notice or some sort of tight scheduling because as she agreed when you're bicycle touring it's more of an "will get there when I can, hoping to be there by such and such date and time". It's one of the things I appreciate about bike touring and Niki totally agreed with me by saying to Lisa "people have no idea if they haven't traveled by bike before, there's no hard and fast schedule to keep". Excellent.
Anyhow, Niki's journey continues as she is currently working on her book after having so many folks suggest that she do so. It was nice to hear how much about her life and her new plans on her adventures she had shared with Lisa. We wish Niki great success in all that she aspires to achieve with her life and will most likely succeed in whatever she sets out to accomplish.
For more information about Niki Rellon and her inspiring story use any of the links provided above or simply search her name. Here a couple of links to her facebook and crowdrise pages where you can also take the opportunity to support and aide Niki's pursuit of her dreams. Here are a couple of links for more info.
Niki Rellon Crowdrise Fund Page
Niki Rellon on Facebook
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