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Safety Measures Poignantly Recounts Her Experiences Making the Daunting 4,300-Mile Journey from Washington a Solo Cross-Country Bike Adventure Laura Madeline Wiseman’s Safety Measures poignantly recounts her experiences making the daunting 4,300-mile journey from Washington A solo cross-country bike adventure. to Maine – alone. She writes almost lyrically about her inner thoughts and concerns as she encounters the inevitable obstacles of taking such an epic journey as a woman alone on the often dangerous and unforgiving road. Filled with a mix of fascinating minutiae of each day SAFETY MEASURES and the delectably written details of the day, Wiseman conquers her adventure through the unpredictable terrain, the limits of her bike, and the strangers met along the way. The prevailing undertone throughout Laura Madeline Wiseman her book shows that safety concerns remain a constant companion for all women venturing out; they by no means define the possibilities. - Katie Krcmarik S AFETY Safety Measures by Laura Madeline Wiseman documents the M wanderlust of a woman and her bicycle. Moments of tangible fear, joy EASURES and exhaustion inch you closer to understanding both the ride and the desire to ride. An empowering book of perseverance, reflection and occasional calamity, Safety Measures will leave you wondering what you Madeline Wiseman Laura are capable of...and knowing the answer is “anything.” - Kaci Richter Laura Madeline Wiseman’s Safety Measures documents something that is dear, sacred, a safe place, a compass. Not many know what they want to do with their studies, but Wiseman knew she wanted to explore cycling and take that intimate leap to name experience. Part of the lure of cycling is self-reliance. You could be vulnerable – theft, violence. There are dangers – cities, traffic, navigating. You must gain awareness – road, weather, climate, people around you. Yet, you do it to come out of the trip with the rewards. You get intimate with your bike. You feel it in your legs. Speed, endurance, and resistance – you feel the road. Everything comes out to greet you – solitude, adventure, new friends, the road, the bike, and yourself. - Luis Peon-Casanova Zea Books Laura Madeline Wiseman’s Safety Measures poignantly recounts her experiences making the daunting 4,300-mile journey from Washington A solo cross-country bike adventure. to Maine – alone. She writes almost lyrically about her inner thoughts and concerns as she encounters the inevitable obstacles of taking such an epic journey as a woman alone on the often dangerous and unforgiving road. Filled with a mix of fascinating minutiae of each day SAFETY MEASURES and the delectably written details of the day, Wiseman conquers her adventure through the unpredictable terrain, the limits of her bike, and the strangers met along the way. The prevailing undertone throughout Laura Madeline Wiseman her book shows that safety concerns remain a constant companion for all women venturing out; they by no means define the possibilities. - Katie Krcmarik S AFETY Safety Measures by Laura Madeline Wiseman documents the M wanderlust of a woman and her bicycle. Moments of tangible fear, joy EASURES and exhaustion inch you closer to understanding both the ride and the desire to ride. An empowering book of perseverance, reflection and occasional calamity, Safety Measures will leave you wondering what you Madeline Wiseman Laura are capable of...and knowing the answer is “anything.” - Kaci Richter Laura Madeline Wiseman’s Safety Measures documents something that is dear, sacred, a safe place, a compass. Not many know what they want to do with their studies, but Wiseman knew she wanted to explore cycling and take that intimate leap to name experience. Part of the lure of cycling is self-reliance. You could be vulnerable – theft, violence. There are dangers – cities, traffic, navigating. You must gain awareness – road, weather, climate, people around you. Yet, you do it to come out of the trip with the rewards. You get intimate with your bike. You feel it in your legs. Speed, endurance, and resistance – you feel the road. Everything comes out to greet you – solitude, adventure, new friends, the road, the bike, and yourself. - Luis Peon-Casanova ISBN 978-1-60962-192-6 ebook doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.zea.1276 Zea Books Safety Measures Laura Madeline Wiseman Zea Books, Lincoln, Nebraska i Safety Measures Copyright 2021 Laura Madeline Wiseman ISBN 978-1-60962-191-9 Zea Books are published by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Electronic (pdf) editions available online at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeabooks/ Print edition available from http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/unlib UNL does not discriminate based upon any protected status. Please go to http://www.unl.edu/equity/notice-nondiscrimination ii for Adam iii iv Table of Contents Introduction 3 Day Journal 7 Bikepacking List 127 Mileage Route Log 128 Acknowledgements 130 About the Author 131 Also by the Author 132 Sources 134 1 2 Introduction Safety Measures is a lyric collection of creative nonfiction and prose poetry. This creative response documents my solo cross-country 4,300-mile, 59-day bicycle ride from Anacortes, Washington, to Bar Harbor, Maine. I began long-distance cycling after earning a Ph.D. in English. I first rode my bicycle cross- country in 2017, from Astoria, Oregon, to Yorktown, Virginia, in 60 days, pedaling 4,200 miles with a support driver, my husband. After we returned, I wondered if I was brave enough to bicycle cross- country alone. I researched self-supported touring, logistics, and safety. I trained. I planned a route to begin and end in Minnesota because my family’s summer vacation was held at Leach Lake as a kid. Biking, fishing, beachcombing, and other lake events with my dad had instilled an adventurous spirit. I hoped to reconnect with the fierce energy of the young gal I once was. After the first day of support to make sure my bicycle, Lexa, worked, I rode alone for three weeks heading east. As planned, once there, my husband arrived to drive support. At Bar Harbor, we drove west, with a few bonus miles of bicycling along the way. Out west, my bicycle, Lexa, was lost, but someone found her, and she was repaired. Then I got going again towards Minnesota. Ultimately, the 59-day bicycle journey included nine days of bonus miles. For 78% or 39-days, I biked it alone with Lexa. The journey let me reflect on what it means to be a woman, self-supported, and safe. I felt scared, intimidated, and bullied. Harassment, threat, and being followed left me shaken. To be fair, nothing really happened. Sheriffs swept the road everywhere, making everyone behave. Semi-drivers scooted over, good stewards of littler riders like bicycles. Fellow bikers exchanged advice on the road ahead. I thanked, waved, or called, Safe travels, to such companionable travelers, grateful for their presence. I kept a journal during the ride, upon which this book is based. I held to writing assignments, challenges, and intentions. I collected data with a fitness tracker watch and cyclometer. Sports technology malfunction caused some rides to be recreated online. I logged this data, as well as other data points, in a spreadsheet and online. The data in this collection is based upon this record keeping. 3 After the ride, I worked on the text to make sense of such a trip. I also sought to study the bicycle culture of solo adventures by ultra-endurance women athletes. A lifetime learner and a lover of education, I went back to school. I earned a graduate certificate in social media and public relations, studying the stories, strategic messaging, and communication of fitness, sports, and leisure organizations, athletes, and communities. Still curious, I applied and was accepted into a master’s degree program in journalism with an integrated media communication focus. In one graduate class, I proposed an extra credit project about my self-supported journey. This led to proposing a professional project, assembling a committee, and enrolling in credits to work on the book under an advisor’s guidance. I practiced storytelling, a writer’s craft, creative nonfiction, and prose poetry for those credit hours. My teachers were books, smart professors, and research. Also, for the degree, I enrolled in graduate classes in public relations, advertising, media ethics, and journalism. I took extra courses in fitness, studying self-defense, krav maga, and karate. I hoped such coursework would help me explore research studies on long-distance cycling, gender, and safety. This research became the facts and findings of this book. Then the Spring 2020 semester began. The pandemic ended the self-defense class, though all else continued online. COVID-19 meant my karate classmates and I missed the opportunity to test for a yellow belt, the typical culmination of a full-semester class. The shut-down, lockdown, and restrictions of cities worldwide canceled seemingly everything bicycle-related, but I ordered an indoor trainer to keep bicycling. And because Nebraska remained open, I pedaled my own adventures locally. Yes, the pandemic made everything hard, but graduate school and this book were my ballast. Towards the end of the Fall 2020 semester, I presented this work to my committee and others in the college. The professional project passed. Earning a second master’s degree, I graduated with the December 2020 class. To make a book means making a story, structure, and order of experience. This book is creative – creative nonfiction, prose poetry, a story. It is from my memories, and if I misinterpreted an intention or a situation, I am sorry. My intent was human, kind, and compassionate storytelling. The book’s structure follows four focuses and is written in the genres of travelogue, day journal, and travel narrative. Column one focuses on the day’s ride – logistics, route, adventures. Column two discusses the after the ride – recovery, reflection, reconnection.
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