Michael Strasser's World Record Attempt (for ME and ALS)

[Hajnalka]

Austrian Michael Strasser is riding his bike from Alaska to Patagonia as fast as possible. His goal is to cycle 23.000 km with 185.000 meters of altitude in less than 99 days to break an existing world record. The challenge is called Ice 2 Ice (because it's icy at the start and finish). Michael Strasser has two existing world records (he cycled through Russia and Africa).

He's collecting donations for ME (donations go to the Open Medicine Foundation) and ALS research. He has an paragraph about ME on his website and also posts about ME on social media.

His website is in German, English and Spanish. His team posts daily blog posts in three languages and there's live tracking available.

Current status
Time: 58 days
Compared to the current record: -10 days
Complete: 69.3%
Distance: 15.693 km
Elevation gain: 118.710 m
Donations: 20.358 Euro

I wrote a short article about the challenge (in German): https://www.mecfs.de/me-cfs-news-update-09-2018/#Ice2Ice
Automatically generated Google English translation here.

The hashtag on social media is: #ice2icebike

Website: https://strassermichael.at/en/ice-2-ice/

 

[Hajnalka]

Michael Strasser has already raised 34389 Euro donations.

You can vote for Michael Strasser as "athlete with heart" here:
https://www.sporthilfe.at/events/sportler-mit-herz/abstimmung-2018.html

It's one click, also possible for non-Austrians and if he wins, the prize (5000 Euro) additionally goes to ME and ALS research.

 

[Hajnalka]

Michael Strasser made the world record yesterday and was 15 days faster than the existing record. He collected 48401 Euro donations for ME and ALS research so far.

https://strassermichael.at/en/ice-2-ice/blog/i-did-it-a-new-world-record/

 

[Mel9]

Fabulous!!!