"All that is gold does not glitter, not all who wander are lost."
-J.R.R. Tolkien
Kate Harris, Mel Yule, Ben Rawluk, and Alisha Blechman make up the Cycling Silk expedition team determined to bike after Marco Polo's ghost in Xinjiang, China. Hailing from Canada except for one token Yankee (but she was educated in Canada, so that counts), the four of us are connected by fluke and good fortune - Kate grew up with Mel, randomly met Ben when they were both biking across the USA, and studied abroad in Mongolia with Alisha. Check out our bios to learn more about the crew.
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Kate Harris
Nickname: Toothsome
Bike name: Crazy Ol' Maurice
Education: recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, biology and geology, heading to Oxford University for grad school in the fall of '06
Hometown: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Interests: Ice, snow, mountains, aliens,
wandering this world and others, getting lost in questions
What she'll miss most in China:
Fresh, crunchy, green vegetables
Is Kate missing a tooth in that photo?
Maybe. Don't ask questions
Read Kate's bio here
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Mel Yule
Nickname: Mellifluous, Mel+anythingyoulike
Bike Name: The Beast
Education: recent graduate of McGill University,
environmental sciences
Hometown: Erin, Ontario, Canada
Interests: Rock 'n Roll, cats, food, thrift store shopping, horseback riding, running, squash, travel, and East Asian religions
What she'll miss most in China:
A vegetarian diet
Read Mel's bio here
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Ben Rawluk
Nickname: Tim
Bike name:
Rodney
Education: recent graduate of the University of Manitoba in criminology
Hometown: Gypsumville, Manitoba, Canada
Interests: biking, eating, playing, learning, and life
What he'll miss most in China: umm....
Read Ben's bio here.
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Alisha Blechman
Nickname : Lish
Bike name: We'll leave that to China
Education : Graduate of McGill University '04, Political Science and Economics
Hometown : The city that never sleeps
Interests: New places, old places, friends, dancing, good music, GOOD FOOD, cutting wit, keeping busy, pirated dvds.
What she'll miss most in China: 5,000 percent humidity? No, wait, that's not it.
Read Alisha's bio here.
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