In rec.bicycles.misc Claire Petersky wrote:
2004 STP trip report

snipped - a lot of good stuff

I was very, very proud of Rose for her efforts. If this was a tough for me,
it must have been a doubly tough for her. She had many more uncertainties -
about the route, and about her own abilities to make it. How many 12 year
olds (much less, adults) are willing to make the commitment to train for,
and then complete, such a tremendous ride? Her natural tendency, too, is to
be doom-and-gloom about nearly everything, but I could see her striving to
be positive, to talk positive to herself and to me, and to keep her - and
my - spirits up for the ride. Her strength, and her fortitude, are downright
amazing. Rose, you are something else!

Great! That's really something for Rose to have under her belt.

But, I have to mention something. How can you go to Portland and then
just turn around and *leave*. It sounds like you didn't even stop at
Powells. And that's just, well, *wrong*.

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Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that
would also stop you from doing clever things.
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