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South Lake Tahoe man shares journey around world

October 20, 2007

While traveling around the world, Rick Gunn has documented the struggles of people around the world and volunteered at various organizations.As he approaches the end of his nearly three-year journey, he is questioning how he can continue to serve once he returns to his South Lake Tahoe home.Click here to share your ideas.

In Rick Gunn’s latest e-mail home, he boasted, “been there done that.”"I did it!” he exclaimed, with more exclamation points than would be prudent to print.The South Lake Tahoe man was celebrating having cycled across 1,900 miles of Australian desert, but the sentiment could have referenced a larger accomplishment.Since Gunn left from the Golden Gate Bridge in July 2005, he has ridden his bike through 31 countries, taking photos and writing stories along the way to share his experience.”It’s been important to me to tell these stories because it is all too easy to forget that each decision we make in our personal lives is capable of having a profound effect outside of our lives, outside of our communities, outside of our borders. To offer a gentle (or not so gentle) reminder that the way we eat, shop, consume and vote can have a severe effect on many we may never see,” he wrote in an e-mail. “I’ve always hoped that by the telling my stories of these deeply personal encounters in the world, it may motivate some to switch off that TV set, and switch on their motivation to help find sustainable solutions to these problems.”His stories and photos have been printed in several publications including the Nevada Appeal, Tahoe Daily Tribune and on his Web site rickgunnphotography.com. Calling his trip the Wish Tour, he’s encouraged readers to donate to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The 43-year-old moved to South Lake Tahoe from Castro Valley, Calif., 15 years ago to attend a junior college. He never left, citing a “severe, unending bout of outdoor enthusiasm.”

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Written by Teri Vance · Filed Under Nuestro Tahoe, Recreation 

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