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Local bike community personality, filmmaker, and self-described “bike culturist” Reverend Phil Sano plans to ride his bike to the West Coast Convergence for Climate Action which starts tomorrow in Skamokawa, Washington.
The event is billed as, “6 days of low-impact living and high-impact action.”
Reverend Phil plans to leave on his 83 mile ride at night to bring attention to the issues being addressed at the event (and so he doesn’t miss the final show of popular bikey punk band Show Me The Pink at Holocene).
Reverend Phil says, “People are sick of waiting for an answer from above…We want to solve these problems now. Learning and sharing what we already know will go a long way towards creating a sustainable future.”
At the event, Reverend Phil will host a daily “Kickass Biking” workshop that will focus on some of his tactics used to stay healthy and active while biking among car culture.
“I’ve never done anything quite like this. Biking at night can be dangerous so I guess I’ll have to buy some lights. But I think they
are gonna feed me when I get there so that is nice.”
The Convergence for Climate Action runs through August 14th. For more info check out ClimateConvergence.org.
Done that! My advice would be to make absolutely sure to not miss Steamboat Slough Road through the wildlife refuge between Cathlamet and Skamokoa.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1208940
http://www.iinet.com/~englishriver/LewisClarkColumbiaRiver/Regions/Places/julia_butler_hansen_refuge.html
It\’s a beautiful place, with tons of wildlife and incredible views right at river level, and a big sand pit in one spot where rednecks ripped the ground apart with trucks and atv\’s. And if that\’s not a punctuation mark for the event you\’re riding to, I don\’t know what is.
Good call John. I look forward to riding though there in the early morning.
Portland historian, (and my favorite curmudgeon) Shawn Granton has plotted a route that eliminates many of dangerous locations:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1209452
Thanks shawn! I hope others are encouraged to try to bike out as well
Expect bike polo everyday at 2pm at the tennis courts. Polo is great for learning to negotiate moving objects in your space.
Thanks, Phil. Here\’s a little more info on the route:
Out of Rainier, the route utilizes Old Hwy 30, which is a little bit rough road-wise, but climbs the hill out of Rainier with several switchbacks. It\’s the only major hill encountered on this part of the route.
Beaver Falls Road is mostly downhill (from Rainier) and passes by two waterfalls.
US 30 from Clatskanie to Westport is high-traffic, but flat, straight, and has a wide shoulder.
Between Westport and Puget Island, Wash. is an hourly ferry (last one on the lower Columbia!) run by Wahkiahkum County. Here\’s a link to the schedule:
http://www.co.wahkiakum.wa.us/depts/pw/index.htm
Between Cathlamet and Skamakowa, the route uses Steamboat Slough Road (mentioned by John in post #1), and it truly is as nice as he says it is.
Good luck and have fun!
so is the only route choice for getting to Rainier from downtown pdx just Hwy 30? (blech)
there and back and no serious evil has come upon me.
thanks for the help, lots of great info shared.
hwy 30 has a decent shoulder and most drivers give space. for future reference the turn off to Beaver Falls is not marked \”beaver falls\” so look for the lazy right a quarter mile west of the weight station.