Ep. 329: Bicycle Touring the Pacific Coast - Bill Thorness
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2017
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Bill Thorness has been cycling around Seattle and the Puget Sound for over 35 years. He's written the two go-to books for those who have an interest in cycle touring the Pacific coast of the United States. Bill is on today's episode to walk us through the wonderful experiences that are to be had on the Pacific coast via bicycle.
Books: "Cycling the Pacific Coast"Books: "Cycling the Pacific Coast" "Biking Puget Sound"
www.cyclingthepacificcoast.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillThorness
FB: https://www.facebook.com/bill.thorness
https://www.adventurecycling.org
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| 0:00.0 | At 10 to 15 miles an hour, you can really take the time to notice the wildlife around you, |
| 0:08.5 | the birds in the water or the seals or sea lions or the whales off coast. |
| 0:15.9 | You know, if you're driving by in your car at 50 or 60 miles an hour or faster, |
| 0:20.8 | you're not going to see any of that. |
| 0:22.6 | You're not going to hear it. |
| 0:23.9 | Episode 329, cycling the Pacific Coast with Bill Thorndness. |
| 0:29.3 | This episode of the Adventure Sports podcast is sponsored by Action Heat. |
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| 0:50.7 | We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 0:59.2 | Now here's your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 1:04.6 | Hello, friends. Thank you again for listening into the show today. Kurt here. |
| 1:08.8 | I have a great guest today, Bill Thornness, who's an avid |
| 1:13.7 | cyclist, who has written two books on cycling in the West Coast and in the Pacific Northwest, |
| 1:19.9 | and Bill is here to talk to us about cycling today. I'm excited to dive into more of the |
| 1:26.2 | details about what makes this such a healthy and great adventure sport. |
| 1:31.4 | Bill's in the Seattle area. |
| 1:33.4 | He started biking back in the 80s. |
| 1:35.6 | He's a recreational cyclist who leads rides for the local bike club there. |
| 1:40.3 | And he's done bike commuting. |
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