Category: Climate Riders and Hikers

Kate Williams, CEO of 1% for the Planet, is participating in Glacier Hike this August 3-7, 2016. We interviewed Kate about her motivation to participate in events organized by Climate Ride and what inspired her to hike with her daughter through Glacier National Park. Hiking at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park on Glacier Hike […]

Last year, Harvey Slater rode in the California Climate Ride to support the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC). This year, logistics and dates didn’t line up with his schedule, so he got creative! Harvey generated his own 320 mile, unsupported, multi-day California bicycle tour as part of Climate Ride’s Independent Challenge program and brought the whole family along. Harvey, his partner Ricky, and their four dogs–Max, Chiquita, Little Foot, and Carlos–have just returned from six days pedaling along the California Central Coast on their self-created “California Woof Ride.”

This September, a 6-person team dubbed the “Ocean Riders” are taking on the challenge of Climate Ride Northeast, pedaling 390 miles from Bar Harbor, Maine to Boston. Their efforts will support an ocean-focused organization, Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE). MARE has been a Climate Ride beneficiary since 2013 and is led by Founder and […]

“Just finished the most challenging day yet on this tour–three peaks, 100+ degree heat, 83 miles with no towns and no services… as I cross into Utah,” Michael Johnson-Chase, Climate Ride Independent Challenger, writes from the road outside of Milford, Utah.

Jessica Pollitz is “a woman of action.” Whether it’s working with Engineers Without Borders in Fiji, Thailand and Peru, visiting all 50 of California’s State Parks, or biking with Climate Ride for her first time this year, Jessica definitely lives up to her personal motto, “Be more AWESOME!”

This father-daughter duo has biked many places together, including much of New England, New York, and even Spain! This year, they join us from all the way in Massachusetts and New York to bike in California for the first time!

Meet James Reber, the Executive Director of San Jose Parks Foundation, who is taking on the challenge of his first Climate Ride on the California North Coast. James originally set a fundraising goal of $3,500 and now he has surpassed a whopping $7,000 for the cause! Here’s his story. Why are you participating in Climate […]

Meet Stephen Stewart. Climate Ride California will be Stephen’s first Climate Ride, although long distance charitable bike rides are nothing new for him.  In 2009, Stephen rode from San Francisco to San Diego as a part of the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) Million Dollar Challenge. This year, “I wanted to see more of the northern part […]

Greg Dalton founded Climate One at The Commonwealth Club in 2007 after traveling to the Russian Arctic on a global warming symposium with climate scientists and journalists. Today Climate One produces a weekly radio show broadcast on public stations in Marin, Monterey and Sonoma counties. Greg also hosts a monthly TV show broadcast on KRCB […]

Mel has been car-free for over 28 years since he sold his car during his first year of college “out of frugality.” After moving to San Francisco, he discovered a large community of people who share his same car-free belief. Mel explains, “Living without a car isn’t that difficult, but it is necessary to consider a […]

Anne Sauer “Last year [Climate Ride California 2015] was one on the best experiences of my life. When I registered, I had been commuting by bike for less than a year, had never biked more than 18 miles in one go, and had never camped for five straight days, not to mention, I had never […]

Meet Tawn Kennedy. Every year, Tawn spends three days, biking over 100 miles from Santa Cruz to Monterey, California with a pack of 20 high school students.