Author: Caeli Quinn

Max and his father John have done an overnight camping trip and a few century rides together on their tandem; however, this will be their biggest adventure yet! Both are excited for the challenge and opportunity to make a difference in the world.

Combining her professional interests with a personal goal to challenge herself, Rachel Jacobson describes participating in the upcoming California Climate Ride as a “swirl of opportunity.” One year ago, she explains that riding in Climate Ride wasn’t even on her radar. Now a year later, she has not only registered to ride, but has also found herself as the natural fit for captain of the Bike East Bay team.

Matthias, Katia and Magary all met on Climate Ride NYC to DC back in 2012. This trio has become close friends, cycling together and participating in Community Development International’s Miles of Trees program ever since. This year, they will all join us again on Climate Ride’s Red White and Blue Ridge ride in support of Miles of Trees.

Meet two of our 2017 Independent Challenge participants – Barbara Larrain and Jim Kelsey. Barbara will start with her rear wheel in the Pacific, and Jim will start on the Atlantic. However, by the end of this summer, both will have pedaled over 3,800 miles across the United States. We caught up with them recently to hear about their motivation and passion for these human-powered adventures.

In February, thirty individuals participated in Climate Ride’s Death Valley Ride through Death Valley National Park. One of those participants, Kevin Martin, shared with us his recap of his experience in the park. It almost seems a disservice to call Death Valley a desert. A desert in my mind conjures up images of zero life […]

Creative and enthusiastic, Anne Sjolander lives and works in D.C. as a development coordinator for Conservation International, a Climate Ride beneficiary. Conservation International’s mission is to protect and preserve nature for the betterment of humanity on a holistic and global scale. Involved in fundraising and with the organiztion’s young leaders group “Generation Conservation Group,” Climate […]

Many Climate Riders have trained hard and traveled far to make it to this event, but probably none farther and harder than Michael Johnson-Chase.

This is Sid Madison’s fifth Climate Ride! Sid has been on every NYC-DC ride since 2012, and when Climate Ride took a break from his favorite route, he created his own event with Climate Ride’s Independent Challenge program to raise funds and awareness for his beneficiary Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL).  Last year, Sid rode 3,150 […]

Meet Mary Selkirk and Lee Ballance, an incredible couple that will be riding in their 3rd Climate Ride together! Mary was the first-ever woman to be a professional river guide on the Rogue River in 1974, and Lee has a black belt in Aikido. This talented duo traveled all the way from California to join […]

Corinne Michaud first joined us on the 2014 California Climate Ride. This year, she jumped at the opportunity to ride from Bar Harbor, where she currently works and lives, to her childhood home north of Boston on Climate Ride Northeast. Back in 2014, Corinne chose the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) as her beneficiary. This […]

Elliott Powell joins us this year for his first Climate Ride! Years ago, Elliott served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua (where he actually met his wife, who was also serving in the Peace Corps!). Today, he oversees all of the international programs and local staff in Central America as the Field Program Director […]

Have you heard? Climate Ride Northeast begins Thursday, and all of us at Climate Ride are so excited! Over the next week, we will be highlighting some of our incredible riders who have traveled near and far to ride with us, and have fundraised and trained hard to support the causes they are most passionate […]