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Find out what’s going on in my head?

Dave — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:42:03 +0000

Find out what’s going on in my head?
Posted on: Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 7:42am

A few weeks ago when I was in Yellowknife, NWT I had the opportunity to blab into a microphone and camera for 25 minutes for YKOnline.ca – a smaller local news portal for the city residents. I chose this method as opposed to the local paper, or the bigger news stations for overall creativity (meaning, that the majority of the interview doesn’t get cut from me going left field!), and the fact I like to support smaller operations. The interview came out pretty good, and you can see the original article here.

I’m sure most of us, at one point or another, get tired of our jobs. We don’t enjoy it anymore, it makes us miserable, it is too easy or we just get too comfortable. Well that is exactly what happened to 32-year-old Dave Conroy when he turned 30.

He was living in Vancouver working in the Information Technology industry and worked from home. His commute in the morning was a mere 15 steps. He said when he turned 30 he needed a change. In his words he needed to press the reset button. That’s when he took up biking. With minimal research he said he got a bike and one thing led to another and soon enough he was biking across Canada, then possibly the world.

It didn’t just happen over night though. For a little more than a year and a half a lot of planning and prep was put in place. While sentimental items might have been put in to storage, most of it was sold. Eventually the bed and house were sold as well. That is when Dave knew it was real.

Dave first came on my radar back when he first left on his journey in April, from Vancouver. He had mentioned Yellowknife as a possible destination, which came up in a Google Alert. I looked through his website, TireofIT.ca, which has a lot of his stats, reviews, video and blog posts. It was interesting, but no date was mention as to when he might me in town, so gradually I moved on. That was until, I got an email from Dave, and I jumped at the chance to hear about his journey of a life time.

We got together one afternoon and created the videos below. The one thing that I think will interest a lot of people is Dave’s take on bicycling to Yellowknife. I often think Yellowknife is missed on tours of all kinds, just because we are the end of the road and so far away from anything. Bicycling to Yellowknife presents several risks, due to the lack of services and people and places. It is also a real downer to think you have to travel back the same road you came on. That being said, I got the impression that Dave was glad he came. He said “the reward at the end of the road was greater than expected”. Mentioning that within only being in town for a day or two he had found a place to sleep and was invited to a traditional fish fry. To top that, Yellowknife made such an impression on Dave, he will be flying back for a visit in the coming weeks.

Watch both video below to get a full idea of what it is Dave is doing and why (If you can’t at work, bookmark for later). Make sure you follow Dave on his website, Twitter and on Facebook.

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Thanks Kyle @ YKonline for capturing this!

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Día 30 – Lo conseguí

Dave — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:59:53 +0000

Día 30 – Lo conseguí
Posted on: Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 5:59pm

Lo hice a través de la frontera, y ahora regreso a los EE.UU. – Demasiado loco para mí, para hacer frente ahora mismo! En total, 3.142 kilometros de Vancouver, BC, Canadá, a Tijuana, BC, México.

Day 29 – Straight into Compton..

Dave — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:47:52 +0000

Day 29 – Straight into Compton..
Posted on: Sunday, October 11th, 2009 at 3:47pm

Wow – what a mess, 2nd wrong turn of the day and I had to climb a HUGE 1300+ ft hill which overlooked all of LA. The descent was a bit hairy down Crenshaw Blvd. with the traffic and bad roads, but I’m living and breathing in Compton, California, trying to figure out HOW to escape LA. I have 2.5 hours of light left and my GPS is burning out, so am sitting at a coffee shop hoping for a quick charge. I have 35 -40 miles to go before teh end of my day – this is going to be tough, and I’m beginning to doubt that I will reach the border by tommorrow as I am getting completely worn out by the sensory overload of big city life.

A huge plume of smoke is covering the sky, black and red – and it seems the city is on fire, with helicopters and tonnes of sirens approaching. I need to leave NOW.