Ride
For
Children
Coast To Coast For Charity
“Well, I am three times that age and have just begun
to live,” explains Carl Sutter with a wry grin as he is
compared to 25-year olds who struggle to do little let
alone a 20,000 kilometre round trip across the United
States and Canada.
Carl’s ride, from his home in New Smyrna Beach,
Florida to Fairbanks, in Alaska, has become a semi
annual event, and despite the challenges a 75 year old
faces on such a ride, Carl wouldn’t have it any other
way.
Carl says he is on a mission to complete the ride
he couldn’t do in 2016, when he was forced to lay
down his Yamaha XV1600 Roadstar, and despite be-
ing hospitalised after briefly being trapped under the
bike he was able to ride home. Planning immediately
began for the return.
Watching the movie ‘Into The Wild’ was enough to
convinced Carl that these sorts of rides were what he
needed. Fortunately, unlike Christopher Candless,
who Into The Wild is about, Carl has realised that
finding happiness often means sharing your adven-
ture with someone. Carl will indeed share his adven-
ture, with numerous followers, as well as readers of
Traverse.
While Carl, seeks just the well wishes of his follow-
ers and fellow riders, he does ask for one thing while
he’s out on the road. Carl is seeking donations so that
he can give to local Kiwanis foundations through the
Ride For Children. He says, “just one cent per mile
would equal a donation of just US$120”. A small
amount compared to what many children go without
every single day.
The Kiwanis Ride For Children begins the day this
very issue of Traverse is published and finishes a
month later on July 15. If you’d like to help or donate
to the cause you can contact Carl at:
[email protected] or phone +1 386 314 9447
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