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16,000 FEET ON A FRIDAY : Biking the World's Highest Paved Road on a Folding Bicycle

In October 2004 Lynette Chiang bicycled over the World's Highest Paved Road with 6x RAAM champ Lon Haldeman. This 500-mile, 12-day expedition followed the barren hills of Lima over the 16,000 foot Ticlo mountain pass, descending into spectacular terraced valleys to Satipo, a remote, inland jungle town. Here, local police said the party were the first 'gringos' to reach arrive there by bicycle.

Lynette shot and produced a 45-minute documentary of this journey on the road, using a Canon Elph digital camera tucked into her jersey pocket, and a 12" Apple Mac laptop.

You'll 'ride' through peaks and chasms, visiting a remote Peruvian orphanage of 85 children whose parents were killed by guerillas 8 years ago, and who survive on the salary of the sole nun who cares for them. Lynette will be taking donations for these children and forwarding them to Lon Haldeman, who buys and personally delivers food and clothing to the Orphanage each year in October. The movie is set to music by acclaimed Eugene classical guitarist Craig Einhorn, electronic music composer Jon7 and Lynette Chiang.