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* “ °neWO Fark-Th' W**™fe«Bted on Bteak and corn on Club President Ken fS, rigi^ PhiHendrickson ready to ride againon long-distance two-wheeler tripPaul Hendrickson covered 588miles last week in his travelsacross Iowa which isn’t that unusual except the Iowa State University (ISU) senior used the pedal-power of his 10-speed bike to cover the miles.The son of the Nelson Hendricksons, Humboldt, was one of the riders on the Donald Kaul-John Karras Great Six Day Bike Ride which started at Sioux City, Sunday, and ended Friday in Davenport. The official trip covered 460 miles, river to river, but Hendrickson also rode from Humboldt to Sioux City, a distance of about 128 miles by county blacktop, to join in the great adventure.Although this was his first major bike trip, the Humboldt youth intends to continue in that mode of travel and his Raleigh 10-speed left with him to return to ISU, Wednesday. And, he hopes to organize bike trips for interested Humboldt Countians in the coming fall, spring and summer months, if possible.“I used the ride as a learning experience, Hendrickson said. It was completely different from what I expected. It started out as a challenge to see if I could make it across the stale, but once we got started, it was fun. There were so many people, both thosealong the route and the riders, who were' friendly and courteous and we met a lot of people.Hendrickson didn't have any major hassles, outside of a minor spill on a Williamsburg brick street, and even though he was prepared for trouble he didn’t need any of his emergency repair gear.The English-made Raleigh Grand Prix, which cost the Humboldt youth about $120, weighed in at 28-lbs., about five pounds heavier than some of the models used by the more experienced riders,Hendrickson carried a handlebar bag and pannier bags over the rear wheel along with a water bottle, repair and tool kits, tent, clothing change and blanket over the 588 miles of the route.However, he indicated, some persons carried just a water bottle on the trip along with a couple of extra tires.During the mornings, the riding was pretty good,” he said, hut once it got around 11 a.m. or so the sun really got to you off of the pavement. The first couple days on the road to Sioux City, it was pretty cool. The first two days of the official ride were the hardest because of the heat and the first day hit 90-95 degrees.He indicated an inexperiencedrider might become tired on the first day, but you learn to pace yourself. In the mornings you can go a little faster but when the sun gets going you have to take it a little easier.The riders average 12-13 miles per hour, he said, with Clarence Pickard, the 83-year-old former Humboldt County agricultural agent, getting about eight per hour. The experienced riders were able to do 15 miles or more,We stopped at about every little town because most of them had something going for us, Hendrickson said. “The small towns turned out more for us than the larger towns and they seemed to appreciate us more.Most auto drivers were courteous Hendrickson indicated. He told of an incident the first day out of Sioux City as he and other riders were nearing Storm Lake where a group of kids in a pickup truck threw beer cans at the riders.( Other than that,” he said, the drivers were pretty good. You could tell the friendly honks from the unfriendly.”The primary purpose of the Great Six Day Bike Ride was to promote bicycling in Iowa and using the secondary county roads for bike travel.Using the secondary roadswas good, according to Hendrickson, because the people you came in contact with wefe all {Continued on page 8)customer during a any tim history, lt;Welch, I; new all-t: of 549 kiL the hours 27, surp£ high of 4 Increas ing equij growth ii was attr demand, load figu consump through( including 10,000 faHope to flyto Iowa byIf his medical condition is stable, Rob Thomas, 18, Humboldt may be able to fly from his New York State hospital to Des Moines, Sept. 10, according to his father, Robert Thomas.Rob suffered a broken neck in a diving accident while swimming in a New York state park, July 24, and has been hospitalized since them. He and companions were swimming in a pool formed by a creek in the park and had dived into the water twice. On the third dive he hit a large submerged rock which caused the injuries which have caused paralysis from the neck down.The elder Thomas, along with Humboldt attorney John Mansfield met with Sixth District Congressman Wiley Mayne, last week, in an attempt to receivelearned M M. L. Bos Tuesday,1 request B week for ] Service ( moving R Mayne Boswell D physician, be ready seven to WednesdaHe felt type of bra neck stal home, Me A nurse be needed Thomas c Mayne tolc the three assistance-
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Humboldt Republican
Humboldt, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 05, 1973
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