In an attempt to raise awareness for the current global water crisis, two men are biking from Alaska to Argentina. And if that wasn’t enough, they’re doing it on bikes made of bamboo.
The project, appropriately dubbed Cycle For Water, actually began back in July when Joost Notenboom and Michiel Roodenburg began biking south starting in Deadhorse, Alaska. The entire trip is expected to take 18 months to complete and, according to their website, the goal “is to take one bottle of icy Alaskan water from the Beaufort Sea down to the seas around Tierra del Fuego in a symbolic effort to complete the natural water cycle and raise awareness for the global water crisis that is leaving over [one] billion people around the world without access to safe and clean drinking water.”
The duo are making the trip on bikes created by Calfee Design, each of which has a unique bamboo frame. Not only does this give the bikes a smaller carbon footprint, but it also provides vibration dampening to make for a smoother ride. The two are currently making their way through California.
Via Inhabitat.
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