Welcome to our GearUp4CF Rider's Journal

We've arrived in Banff on Sunday afternoon, June 27th!  
Read on - here's the story of our incredible tour.

This Journal charts the preparations and the actual day-by-day account of our ride.  When we completed our journey nine days later on Sunday June 27th, we had cycled over 1200 kilometers, from Vancouver to Banff, including some of the steepest highway mountain passes in British Columbia.



Our ride is more than a cycling tour, though.

 

Our route.

Click on map to enlarge.  For more details, click here

To do this ride, we must complete two major tasks. The first task, only we can do. The cyclists who are volunteering for this tour must train, for months, to be physically and mentally ready to complete a marathon ride of this magnitude. But to accomplish the second task, which is a huge undertaking in its own right, we need your help.

This journey, and this journal, is about raising awareness and vitally needed funds for research through the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.


What a difference you can make! For our goal is not just to reach Banff. It is, with your financial support, to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis, and do it soon. Our children and young adults who we are riding for cannot afford to wait.


  To our sponsors, thank you!

 Our goal this tour was to raise $90,000.
To date, we've raised $120,000!
Your support is so appreciated.
If you can help us, let's do even better.
Every dollar raised gives hope.

Meet our GearUp4CF 2010 Team

(Click on their name for their personal story)
Brian Benson
Margaret Benson
Brenda Cairns
Justin Chan           --> Justin's Journal  
Kitty Chavarie
Susan Edmison
Tom Evans
Rebecca Malott
Martina Meckova
Bob Payne
Jill Payne
Bernard Pinsky
Leona Pinsky
Simon Ree
Stan Shaw
David Strange
Heather Strange
Andrea Taylor
James Zlosnik           --> James' Journal  


Would you like to sponsor a favorite rider? IT'S NOT TOO LATE! Click on their name above, or anywhere on this journal to open their "bio" on the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation GearUp4CF web site. Then simply click on the button "Sponsor this Rider".