NEW YORK — Kids who live in the city learn their streetsmarts early. Not just, “Don’t talk to strangers,” but also, “Keep your hand on your wallet.”
So when my 11-year-old wanted to ride his bike to the playground, I handed him a bike lock. My parting words were: “Use the lock. If that bike gets stolen, I’m not buying a new one.”
An hour later, the bike was gone, swiped by a bigger kid who said, “Hey, can I see your bike for a minute?” and rode away.
“You fell for that?” I said to my son. “You’ll be riding your scooter from now on.”
But he wasn’t upset. He was sure we’d get the bike back.
Incredibly, we did.  … Details
When he encountered pirates on the Indian Ocean he loaded his pistol and locked himself in his cabin.
Near the island of Grenada he survived a 20-foot rogue wave that nearly sent him sprawling overboard at 2 a.m.
There was also the four straight days without sleep while he repaired rigging in a storm, the 24 straight hours of plowing through 10-foot seas, and the 13 months of living on canned food and desalinated water.
Zac Sunderland is only 17 years old…Â Details
Dave Wiens still owns the race, but this year will be more intense with a Tour-tested Lance Armstrong back in pursuit
Dave Wiens has done the math.
He has counted the 14,000 vertical feet of climbing. He knows the average elevation of the race course is some two miles above sea level. He can even tell you the pace it will take to topple his course record of 6 hours, 45 minutes and 45 seconds.
And when the six-time defending champion of the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race lines up alongside nearly 1,400 competitors at the 15th annual “Race Across the Sky” on Saturday morning, he understands he’ll do so with a bigger bull’s-eye on his back than anyone except the world’s most famous cyclist, Lance Armstrong.  … Details
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