2. Background
• Philip Schleihauf
• Male
• 18 Years Old
• 6’2”
• 140 lb
• Unicyclist
Monday, February 22, 2010
3. Unicycling
• Seven Years
Experience
• One Previous Tour:
Ottawa to Kingston
• 250 km
• Four days
• Self-Supported
Monday, February 22, 2010
4. Invisible Children
• Operates in
Northern Uganda
• Ending the
Longest-Running
war in Africa
• Freeing, Protecting,
and Rehabilitating
the Child Soldiers
of the LRA
Monday, February 22, 2010
6. Training
10 Weeks
Riding
Research
Persuading Parents
Monday, February 22, 2010
7. Snow Most cycling paths in Ottawa are snowed
over until late spring
Monday, February 22, 2010
8. Train Ticket Purchased six days before departure
Monday, February 22, 2010
9. Small Tent Purchased three days before departure.
Most of the planning was a bit last-minute.
Monday, February 22, 2010
10. Toronto
Train Changeover
Unicycle Tune-Up
Monday, February 22, 2010
11. Bedford Unicycles
• Checked in for a
Tune-Up
• Unicycle was
Falling Apart
• New Hub,
spokes, cranks,
seat, much more
• Thanks Darren!
Monday, February 22, 2010
12. Broken Hub The bearings broke upon removal
Monday, February 22, 2010
13. Wheel Rebuild The bike shop where my wheel was rebuilt
with new hub and spokes.
Monday, February 22, 2010
30. Surrounded by The route to Hope, the town on the edge of
the mountains, is remarkably flat.
Mountains After the second day the mountains in the
distance almost surround the valley.
Monday, February 22, 2010
34. Road out of Hope
The highway splits after Hope into the number 1
Transcanada, and my route, the number 3
Crowsnest highway.
This photo was just after that split, showing the
beginning of Hope Slide, and mountains looming
in the background.
Monday, February 22, 2010
35. Lunch Break Part-way up Hope Slide
Monday, February 22, 2010
36. Snow Just a little into the mountains and I hit one
of my biggest concerns, snow.
Monday, February 22, 2010
37. Hope Slide These signs are only posted at the tops of
big hills, never the bottom. It’s almost nice
to see them, confirming the tough climb
just completed.
Monday, February 22, 2010
38. First Night Camping It was a challenge to find dry ground.
Monday, February 22, 2010
39. Misty Morning It started raining halfway through the
night, and kept up well into the fifth day.
Monday, February 22, 2010
43. Allison Pass I had read that this pass is one of the
toughest. Not because it’s demanding, but
because it’s the first. I didn’t realize I was
climbing it until I got here.
Monday, February 22, 2010
45. Leaving Manning After four days in the mountains, I finally
left manning park, the most remote stretch
Park of the trip until Northern Ontario.
Monday, February 22, 2010
48. Camping in Luxury Someone left a smouldering fire, some pots
and pans, cutlery and mugs, and chairs in
this forestry reserve. My tent is in the
background on the right.
Monday, February 22, 2010
50. Osoyoos, BC One thing that struck me in the mountains
was the diversity of landscapes.
Monday, February 22, 2010
51. 30 km Uphill Steep uphill for 20 km out of Osoyoos,
mostly uphill for another 10. I had gotten
warning of it in Osoyoos, where I took a
rest day. It was the best pass of the trip.
Monday, February 22, 2010
52. Frozen Lake After Manning park, there was little trouble
with cold temperatures and snow. Only at
high elevations was it cold enough to be a
problem.
Monday, February 22, 2010
54. Blueberry-Paulson
Pass
By far the toughest climb. I left much later than I
should have, and was assured it would be easy.
Monday, February 22, 2010
55. Paulson Pass Many hours later and over a kilometre
higher, I made it over the pass and found
the ski shelter where I spent the night.
Monday, February 22, 2010
57. Kootenay Lake I took Highway 3a through Nelson, which
added a bit of distance but bypassed a
mountain and brought me along Kootenay
Lake, one of my favourite rides.
Monday, February 22, 2010
58. Camping on Another case of listening to drivers’ advice.
It was difficult to find anywhere not
Kootenay occupied by houses or cottages, and I got
stuck here for the night.
Monday, February 22, 2010
59. Emu I was offered a place to stay in Wynndel,
just before Creston, BC. The woman had
two emu at that time. Incredible creatures.
Monday, February 22, 2010
76. Saskatchewan I started averaging about 100 km each day
after entering the prairies, taking away
most of my time energy for photography.
Monday, February 22, 2010
77. Snowstorm Saskatchewan got dumped with snow the
day before I crossed the border. The storm
had closed the highway.
Monday, February 22, 2010
78. Second Unicyclist
• Dave Cox, from
Newfoundland
• Left a few weeks
after I did, caught
up in SK.
• Rode together to
Regina, after which
he went back to AB
for a girl...
Monday, February 22, 2010
81. Rocket Stove
• Dave showed me
how to make a
small stove out of
two pop cans
• Finally, I could have
warm meals when
camping
Monday, February 22, 2010
