Spencer McCullough rode his bicycle 5,976 miles for a breakfast at Ruby’s Cafe in Missoula on Monday.
The cafe wasn’t explicitly the point of the 28-year-old’s two-wheeled odyssey. Rather, it was just another stop along the way as McCullough rides to every national park in the Lower 48. And that — seeing the unthought-of places between parks — was part of the point of the ride. In this case, the stop was between Yellowstone and Glacier.
But the primary focus of his round-the-country ride, he said between bites of omelette at the retro breakfast joint, was twofold: to see the nation’s natural gems before they’re irreparably altered by a warming climate, and to promote cycling as a method of commuting through, or between, cities and national parks alike. National parks and cycling are inextricably linked, he argued, because choosing bicycles over vehicles could cut the fossil-fuel emissions that fuel landscape-altering climate change. People are also reading…
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