Zeke's International Climate Ride

This summer, 15-year-old environmental champion Zeke Gerwein is back on his bike for his fourth annual bike ride to raise awareness of climate disruption. This year, Zeke's 4,000-plus-mile ride will take him along the dirt roads and trails that run the length of the Rocky Mountains through three countries: Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.

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In his own words, Zeke says of his summer adventure:

"While I am super excited about this ride because it will be an amazing adventure, it does not seem like it will do all that much to stop climate change. But I really, really hope it will do at least something, act as a tiny levee to stop the flood of carbon dioxide.

I want to talk to the people who live along the Great Divide; the First Nations people of Alberta whose homes are destroyed by the Tar Sands; the ranchers in Montana who have watched coal mining ruin whole mountains; the Coloradans who have to admire the view of miles of pine forest scoured by the pine beetle (which is now surviving through the winter due to global warming); farmers in Estado de Chihuahua who have observed the Chihuahuan Desert march forward, once lush mountainsides ravaged by drought. I want to talk to people who subscribe to the views of the Koch Brothers and Cruz and Trump and Kasich and Clinton. It will be hard, and I may end up avoiding it, but I want to convince them that this is happening, to show them the evidence."

This is Zeke’s fourth summer climate ride to raise funds for the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter. In 2015, he rode over 4,000 miles across the continental United States from Delaware to California. In 2014, he logged 3,400 miles, biking from Tecate, at the Mexican border, through the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades to Canada, and then down the coast to Arcata. In 2013, Zeke biked 1,851 miles from the Mexican border to Seattle.

Follow Zeke Cross Country!

You can follow Zeke's progress and hear the stories of what he discovers along his journey on his blog, or by following @zekegerwein on Instagram.

Photos from Zeke's Instagram account.