How to get bored over there?
Troubles are meant to be overcome.

I think that pleasure is left to ferment in the illusion of a dream,
why shouldn't we try to turn it into reality...?

This is the image I picture in my mind and that stays with me whenever I go out on my Handbike. This is where my wildest dreams get closer to reality. This is what I would like to tackle in the near future. A boundless expanse of nature and landscapes, too wide even for our imagination and where even problems and troubles appear to be inconsistent. It must be impossible to run into them in that vastness of space. It is like an evergreen garden where solutions are sown, troubles provide the fertilizer and pleasures are crops. The trial ahead is so hard that you are at the mercy of competitive exertion, which is however mixed to the spirit of adventure and thus is bound to bring about a mental and physical wellbeing.
To sum up, the elixir of free, serene living.
I am looking for new stimuli and vital impulses. The forced physical inactivity of these years as a disabled impair my stamina to a point which I can no longer accept. I spend long time trying to tone up the muscles and quite by chance, after noticing my proportions, an acquaintance suggests I should try a new sport called Handbike. Then I thought that real and constant aerobic exercise could be the healthiest and least invasive way to improve my conditions.
Journeying along panoramic roads without the need to drive a car helped me feel an active part of nature and that feeling strengthened my determination.
As a consequence I take interest in the different types of cycling races and try to get as much information as i can. This is how I got to know about "RAAM" (Race Across America), which is apparently the most extreme and exhausting race a cyclist can undertake. I have a flash of inspiration.
Of course I am not going to try anything extreme. I have already had plenty of disadventures and problems in my life and I am not looking forward to facing new ones. However it must be a challenging aim and possibly unique for the world of disabled people. Therefore I sketch the idea of riding across America alone.
I estimate pros and cons, what support I can get.
Why not try a change in my life as a disabled? Why not tackle a challenge I can throw myself into heart and soul? Why not set an important target for my future?
After I have see the Forrest Gump movie, I changed my mind for focus on a new project.
- 'I go to the States, get on my Handbike and ride all along Route 66 from the centre of Chicago to the seafront of Santa Monica over 3,755 km.' -