With You By Bike
One Couple’s Life-Changing Journey Around the World
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After many years together Katrina and Mike's marriage has unravelled. In a quest to mend their relationship they embark on a year long, 13,000 kilometre cycling tour with the hope of strengthening their commitment to one another.
Katrina is an adventure athlete who craves the wild; her husband, Mike, watches sports with his buddies. Like many couples, after 11 years in a relationship they’ve grown apart and have become mere acquaintances, as opposed to husband and wife. When they hit rock bottom they realize it's time for a change and they make the dramatic decision to travel the world by bike.
The couple ride through barren landscapes, scorching fires, and humid jungles. From backcountry roads in New Zealand, sharing a picnic with a man and his multiple wives in Malaysia, or camping at an orphanage in Cambodia; at every turn, they are touched by locals who feed them stories and laughter. Together they repair 54 flat tires, navigate heat exhaustion in Vietnam, altitude sickness in Tibet, and two robberies before they face the last hard climb to the world’s tallest mountain.
With You By Bike is honest and raw, describing Katrina’s search for forgiveness, acceptance, and change. It’s about rediscovering choice from the seat of a bicycle, exploring the world, and finding love by veering off the beaten path.
About Katrina Rosen
Katrina Rosen loves the outdoors. Along with her husband, Mike, they’ve raised their son to believe it’s entirely normal to sleep in huts and tents as often as your own bed, and to spend as much time as possible biking, skiing, hiking, and playing. Eager to share her passions and inspire others, Katrina works as a hiking and cycling guide in the Rocky Mountains, opening up her guests’ minds to the forgotten possibilities in life. When she’s not roaming through the wilderness or competing in ridiculously long races, she can be found curled up by a fire with a cup of coffee, poring over maps and dreaming up adventures. Katrina and her family live in Canmore, Alberta.
Table of Contents
With You By Bike | 1 |
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Contents | 8 |
Author’s Note | 10 |
Chapter 1 - Home: Make or Break | 12 |
Chapter 2 - Manitoba: Switching Gears | 18 |
Chapter 3 - Prairies: One Rotation at a Time | 24 |
Chapter 4 - Nevada: Going Somewhere | 30 |
Chapter 5 - Zion: Angels Landing | 42 |
Chapter 6 - Utah: Learning Lessons | 50 |
Chapter 7 - Colorado: Seduced by Summits | 58 |
Chapter 8 - New Zealand: Fixing Leaks | 68 |
Chapter 9 - West Coast: Reading the Signs | 82 |
Chapter 10 - Queenstown: These Are the Good Ol’ Days | 88 |
Chapter 11 - Cattle Country: In the Groove | 98 |
Chapter 12 - Malaysia: Dodging Monkeys | 104 |
Chapter 13 - Northern Malaysia: Enter the Jungle | 118 |
Chapter 14 - Langkawi Island: Rock the Boat | 126 |
Chapter 15 - Thailand: Getting “Manipulated” | 132 |
Chapter 16 - Phuket: Cleansing the Spirit | 138 |
Chapter 17 - Koh Tao: Taking a Dive | 148 |
Chapter 18 - Bangkok: Tuk-Tuks and Tricksters | 156 |
Chapter 19 - Central Thailand: Missing Home | 162 |
Chapter 20 - Chiang Rai: Never Enough Bananas | 174 |
Chapter 21 - Laos: A Security Breach | 186 |
Chapter 22 - Main Highway: Trusting the Curve | 210 |
Chapter 23 - Southern Laos: Finding Forgiveness | 216 |
Chapter 24 - Cambodia: Scuff Marks | 226 |
Chapter 25 - Bakong: New Beginnings | 234 |
Chapter 26 - Vietnam: Zen and the Art of Marital Maintenance | 242 |
Chapter 27 - Coastal Vietnam: Tied Together | 252 |
Chapter 28 - Northern Vietnam: On a Mission | 264 |
Chapter 29 - China: Bouncing along the “Potato-Rock Road” | 278 |
Chapter 30 - Tibet: Pedals and Prayer Wheels | 296 |
Chapter 31 - Mount Everest: Soaring on an Air Current | 310 |
Chapter 32 - Nepal: It’s Just around the Corner | 318 |
Acknowledgements | 326 |
About the Author | 328 |
Book details
- Publisher
- RMB | Rocky Mountain Books
- Categories
- specialized Guides, Southeast
- Published
- September 2019
- Pages
- 328
- Chapters
- 37
- Language
- English
- ISBN PDF
- 9781771603164