15 yr old Indian girl bikes 1200 km w. injured father as passenger
05-22-20, 12:39 PM
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15 yr old Indian girl bikes 1200 km w. injured father as passenger
This is quite a remarkable feat and makes me realize what weak creatures of comfort we've become...
"Speaking of her journey on the bicycle, Jyoti says, 'I would ride the bike for more than 100 km every day. We would stop at a petrol pump, spend the night there and resume our journey the next morning. At all the petrol pumps where we stopped, people offered us food and drink. They treated us very well.”'
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"Speaking of her journey on the bicycle, Jyoti says, 'I would ride the bike for more than 100 km every day. We would stop at a petrol pump, spend the night there and resume our journey the next morning. At all the petrol pumps where we stopped, people offered us food and drink. They treated us very well.”'
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05-22-20, 03:18 PM
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Has “This will be a movie” written all over it!
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On top of the distance, this must have been in 100+degrees-f heat too. How many of us would've been able to do it?
05-22-20, 09:07 PM
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I did that distance in those days twice on solo tours as a young man. Bike and gear weighed ~55 pound. I had a 15-speed and sewup tires. Rode on pavement. I am very impressed.
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It was a matter of survival. For some background, which the article fails to offer: India's president Norendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown, closing all businesses, including the mass transit that the migrant workers normally rely on. The migrant workers can't afford to live in the city without any income, thus have no choice but to travel back to their rural homes 1000+kms away. This father and daughter had enough money to buy a bicycle but most of them have to walk. In the 100+f degrees heat of the day because there's a 7pm-7am curfew. One little girl who attempted the trip, almost made it but died just 60 kms from her home.
05-23-20, 06:34 AM
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This is quite a remarkable feat and makes me realize what weak creatures of comfort we've become...
"Speaking of her journey on the bicycle, Jyoti says, 'I would ride the bike for more than 100 km every day. We would stop at a petrol pump, spend the night there and resume our journey the next morning. At all the petrol pumps where we stopped, people offered us food and drink. They treated us very well.”'
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"Speaking of her journey on the bicycle, Jyoti says, 'I would ride the bike for more than 100 km every day. We would stop at a petrol pump, spend the night there and resume our journey the next morning. At all the petrol pumps where we stopped, people offered us food and drink. They treated us very well.”'
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05-23-20, 09:21 AM
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She seems like an honest girl and I'm guessing there's been some exaggeration. Nonetheless it's an extraordinary thing to have done.
05-23-20, 09:40 AM
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She returned to their native village. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/w...-migrants.html
05-23-20, 01:49 PM
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Wow! What a nightmare...and yet, she succeeded!
05-28-20, 07:04 PM
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NPR covered it Thursday evening: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/28/86441...in-for-the-oly
