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Dorothy had it right by saying “there’s no place like home”; just arrived back with Caryn last night from a long trip from MUC to YVR via YYV. Our flight was delayed leaving Munich and they said it was because of some bikes they were loading, and since they missed their push off, the delay for a spot over the ocean(600 to 800 at any one time)  was now 90 minutes; terrible they actually blamed it on that because it was obvious to many passengers who the family of six, who had been on a bike tour through Europe, were. Luckily they snuck us off without the full delay. 

So it was great to hang out with Thomas again, here’s a picture of us beside his new demo trailer. He was rocking it on the bike, he was doing a high jump thing with a small kicker and made it up 16 pallets, so smooth!

I met up with Mark from Singletrack magazine while in Kaprun, and he was with my buddy Sanny from Scotland who hosted me in Glasgow for a film festival a few years back. We were hanging out for dinner and Mark was brainstorming ideas for a top ten list of things Austria has contributed to the world for his blog; I think they did a pretty good job!

By the way, I think the fact that per capita, Austrians emit only 2.34 tonnes of Co2 compared to Canada’s 5.46 should make the list….although they have much work to do, their footprint still requires more than two earths to sustain if everyone adopted their lifestyle.

Caryn and I met some pretty amazing people during the last couple weeks, we truly are fortunate to experience the culture and see the sights of such an amazing part of the world.


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3 Responses to “Home”

  1. Volker Says:
    July 9th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    It was a big honor for us to have Ryan Leech for the third time in Kaprun!
    You and Caryn are so friendly and cooperative!
    We wish you a great summer and with the words of Ryan: Ride on and have Fun!
    You´ll find some really nice pics of BIKE INFECTION on:

    http://nyx.at/bikeboard/magazin/87266-bike-infection-2008-fotos

  2. Kelly Says:
    July 9th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Ryan,

    Thanks for mentioning that it was in bad form for the airline to mention that it was because of bicycles that the plane was delayed. My opinion is that it is because of the airline baggage handlers that the plane was delayed.

    I spoke with you briefly at the Vancouver airport. You are more recognizeable than you might realize. When we got home the kids promptly got out our copy of CRUX and watched it twice.

  3. Volker Says:
    July 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    We´ve found a video of the Trial- & MTB Freestyle Show during BIKE INFECTION on YouTube.
    The quality is not very good but I hope you will enjoy it!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGYg-BLcxsY

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