Jerry Schemmel, Colorado Rockies Radio Voice

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Episode 105

Jerry Schemmel is the radio voice of the Colorado Rockies. But that's just the tip of the iceberg on the life that Jerry has lived. He survived a horrific plane crash in 1989. He has participated in 9 triathlons and 3 marathons and he's spent 7 days racing a bicycle across America.

In the movie GODSPEED: The Race Across America, Schemmel's 7 day bike race across America is chronicled. It releases Tuesday May 22, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. local time.

For more on the movie, you can go to FathomEvents.com

On this episode of the podcast, Jerry shares how and why he decided to bike across America and how the race became a documentary. He also shares the incredible story of surviving a plane crash in 1989, the moments before and after the plane came crashing down and how his faith in Christ began to take shape in the months after his survival.

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1:34.5	Today's guest on the program is Jerry Schimmel. He is the radio voice of the Colorado Rockies,
1:40.8	but he's way more than just a broadcaster. This guy has lived an extravagant life,
1:47.3	an incredible life in a lot of ways. He's part of a new film coming out called Godspeed,
1:52.8	the race across America, which tells the story of the seven-day racing journey that he
1:58.2	participated in with his partner, Brad Cooper Cooper across America a few years ago.
2:03.4	And it's sort of told in a documentary form. And I watched it. I saw a screening of it.
2:09.2	It is fantastic. It really is. It's one of those movies that capture the essence of just the
2:15.8	grind and the elements playing a part in this race.
2:21.0	I mean, he's literally on a bike racing across America in some of the worst weather conditions
2:26.1	you could ever imagine being a part of. Fascinating to watch.
2:29.6	So check it out.
2:30.3	Godspeed releasing Tuesday, May 22nd, 7 p.m. local local time go to fathomevents.com for more information
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