Hello, sports fans, and welcome to another edition of the Bikes for Death podcast.

As always, my name is Patrick, and I'm your host.

And on today's episode, my guest is Jerry Sterling.

Now, we all have our own paths to cycling and the bikepacking community, and I believe each one is special and unique.

However, Jerry's introduction to bikepack was much different than any I had heard before.

Her story is tragic, sad, romantic, inspiring, and real.

And it all started when she fell in love with a cyclist named Kyle.

When she met Kyle, she wasn't a cyclist.

When she married Kyle, she wasn't a cyclist.

And when Kyle passed away, she wasn't a cyclist.

So what led her to take on the tour divide only seven months after laying her late husband to rest.

The answer to that question can only be told in Jerry's words, and they are powerful, and they are inspiring.

I hope that listeners will be able to internalize, at least part of her story.

And if you do, I challenge you that the next time you face something really hard,

that you face it right back and you don't back down.

And I bet what you find is there's a little badass inside of you

looking right back at you, ready to get to work.

Alright, well, ready to get to work.

All right, well, before we get to today's episode with Jerry, let's take a moment to thank the people that made today's episode possible, starting with our latest batch of patrons.

I'd like to first start off by thanking Tatiana Raghowski.

She had submitted some questions for the Haley Moore interview, and now she's signing up as a

patron, so thank you, Tatiana.

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