Archive for the ‘St. Louis to Boulder’ Category

Mothers Rest Assured

the team finds adequate shelter before the tornadoes came… ya right. sleeping in an abandoned warehouse while it rained record levels Olin Patterson finds the keys for the scissor lift October 9, 2008 You will be happy to know that the team survived the entire repertoire of Kansas weather. Three tornadoes in the area, 55 [...]

2000 Miles on a Bicycle

tearing through middle america at full force 2000 mile proof October 9, 2008 At 6:03 pm CST, the transcontinental Team reached the 2000 mile marker 15 miles west of Goodland, in Kansas. Here is the recap: Official 2000 Mile Recap: -Now 17 Flat Tires. (Scott and Olin with the highest(12), Eric with the lowest(2)) -155,294.1 [...]

A World Record Contribution

scott hunthausen is a proud man. olin patterson adds himself to the guiness book of world records… it is no easy job being us. October 8, 2008 Kansas and its people (known as Kansans) do some strange things to attract tourism. The team stopped in Cawker City today to pay their respects to the grueling [...]

New Long Distance Record!

to set the record we did 30 miles before the sun came up olin patterson pets a horse… the only other living thing for 70 miles suffering from dementia, scott thought we was swimming in a sea of corn October 8, 2008 The team set a new long distance record today of 132.7 miles. In [...]

Battle at La Monte

Though the team had to check their hand guns at the door, there was no law against bringing big scary looking 24 inch machetes into the town mall… Peter bravely leads the infantry while charging a pack of wild canines. Peter does a victory lap. October 6, 2008 In an arms race that can only [...]

Tableaux Vivants

admiring the glorious expanse of north america the rainbow did not lead to a pot of gold, but it did lead to a lovely place to bathe sweet dual action rainbow and stuff October 6, 2008 The eastern region of Kansas is anything but flat. Meticulous rolling hills like swells on an ocean seemed to [...]