Pole to Pole 2000
Box 2128
100 Mile House BC
V0K 2E0
Canada
Phone 604-985-2118
martyn@pole2pole2000.com
Detailed Itinerary
FOR COMPLETE AND UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEAM AND THEIR ITINERARYSat 26 Feb: Hills Health Ranch, 100 Mile House, BC - Training for 6 weeks Wed 5 Apr: North Magnetic Pole - Travelling 700 km to the nearest community, Resolute Bay Fri 12 May: Begin bicycling from NWT, northern Canada Mon 15 May: Dawson City, Yukon-Pelly - High school am Tue 16 May: Pelly-Whitehorse - Pelly School Wed 17 May: Whitehorse clean up - Radio interviews Thu 18 May: Whitehorse - 3 high schools, 1000 students, General public 7pm Fri 19 May to Tue 23 May: Whitehorse to northern British Columbia - School presentation, bicycle out with High School Tue 23 May: Prince George to Training site at 100 Mile House - CBC radio interviews Wed 24 May to Sat 27 May: The Hills Health Ranch Training Site - Junior HS, media, elementary school, team meetings, creek cleanup Sat 27 May: 100 Mile House to Whistler - 9 am - community send-off with mayor Sun 28 May: Whistler - Public Event - 7 pm Mon 29 May: Whistler - 10:30 am - Pemberton HS, 12:30 radio, 1 pm Whistler HS, 7 pm public event Tue 30 May: Whistler to Vancouver - bike to Lions Bay - 4pm lv. Lions Bay by boat - arrive Vancouver harbour Granville Island Wed 31 May: Vancouver - am English Bay Beach cleanup - 5:30-7:30 pm Keep Vancouver Spectacular completion ceremonies Thu 1 Jun Vancouver - am salmon fish release project, pm radio interview, 2 school presentations Fri 2 Jun: Vancouver - 9:30 am 2 primary schools North Van - 1:45 pm Collingwood school - West Van 7-9 pm Public Event at Oakridge Auditorium Sat 3 Jun: Vancouver - Lantern ride to Stanley Park 9pm. B.E.S.T. (Better Environmentally Sound Transportation) kickoff of Ride Your Bike to Work month. Sun 4 Jun: Vancouver Kelowna - 9am, Public send-off from Vancouver. Kelowna Public Presentation - 7pm Mon 5 Jun: Kelowna-Radium - 9 am Kelowna high schools (2) then cycle to Radium Hot Springs. Tue 6 Jun: Radium Hot Springs - 9 am Wetlands cleanup project 5-8 pm presentation to Chamber of Commerce General Meeting. Wed 7 Jun: Radium Hot Springs - 11:30 am David Thompson HS (Invermere) afternoon River Rafting Thu 8 Jun: Radium Hot Springs Calgary - cycling Fri 9 Jun: Calgary - 8 am TV interview Big Breakfast Club Ch. 8 (A Channel). 10-12 School Presentations 2 pm School Presentation. Sat 10 Jun: Calgary - 9 12 tree planting with Friends of Elliston Park. 12 6 Ribtor Outdoor Stores event. Sun 11 Jun: Calgary - Drumheller, Ab - travel Mon 12 Jun: Drumheller Winnipeg - travel Tue 13 Jun: Winnipeg - Thunder Bay travel Wed 14 Jun to Tues 20 Jun: Rest in Thunder Bay area campground. Tues 20 Jun: Thunder Bay Forest, Ont. - travel Wed 21 Jun: Forest Sault St. Marie travel Thurs 22 Jun: Sault Sainte Marie-Toronto travel Fri 23 Jun: Toronto Sat 24 Jun: Toronto rest Sun 25 Jun: Toronto - dinner with Festive Earth & First Steps staff rest Mon 26 Jun: Toronto - am Official Reception from City of Toronto - Bankers Hall
"Festive Earth" joint environmental events 11am, 1pm & 4 pm
7:30-9:30 pm -Town Hall Meeting - Metro Central YMCA
Contact Festive Earth - Julia von Flotow 416-469-2977. http://www.festiveearth.comTues 27 Jun: Toronto 9:30 12:30 visit with Good Food Box labelling, sorting and packing of food for the food bank. Wed 28 Jun: Toronto-Ottawa travel Thurs 29 Jun: Ottawa Future Trek 2000 millenium event, GRAND OPENING CELEBRATIONS
http://www.futuretrek2000.comFri 30 Jun: Ottawa Future Trek 2000 millenium event Sat 1 Jul: Ottawa Future Trek 2000 millenium event CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS - meeting with Prime Minister Jean Chretien Sun 2 Jul: Ottawa Trek 2000 millenium event (PUBLIC PRESENTATION, day in Rockliffe Park, 3:30 pm send-off by Trek 2000 participants) travel to Montreal. Mon 3 Jul: Montreal Tues 4 Jul: Montreal - am joint event with City of Montreal - visit Environmental Complex of St. Michel Wed 5 Jul: Montreal - New England - travel Thurs 6 Jul: New England - Boston - 8 pm Public Presentation Brown University. Fri 7 Jul: Boston - 4 pm Public Presentation Harvard University Sat 8 Jul: Boston - Post Card Drive with MassPIRG re clean beaches Sun 9 Jul: Boston - New York travel Mon 10 Jul: New York - 12:30 to 4pm Kayak trip to Statue of Liberty - sponsored by the Manhattan Kayak Company and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance with an arrival back from the kayaking at the new recycled plastic waterfront dock. Tues 11 Jul: New York - 1 to 2 pm - visit UNESCO offices and deliver the Challenge to Change pledges gathered by the team to date to be added to the Manifesto 2000 world wide pledge drive for peace.
3 to 6 pm - community gardening project jointly with
the Green Guerillas - La Plaza Cultural, a community garden
Ninth Avenue and Avenue C in Manhattan, southwest corner of the street.Wed 12 Jul: New York - 1 to 5 pm - in conjunction with NYPIRG the team will be canvassing pharmacies in NYC to check compliance with a new bottle recycling law.
Thurs 13 Jul: New York - 8:30 am to 12 pm - Habitat for Humanity - visit site of 100,000th building site at 233 West 134th St., Harlem
2 to 5 pm - in conjunction with NYPIRG a leafletting campaign regarding sweatshop labour in front of Nike's main offices.
6:30 to 9:30 pm - in conjunction with New York Coalition for the Homeless team will go out with a Mobile Food Delivery UnitFri 14 Jul: New York - rest Sat 15 Jul: New York - leave Sun 16 Jul: travel to Washington Mon 17 Jul: Washington - 9am to 12 pm Canadian Embassy & OAS event
bicycling through Washington from OAS offices to Canadian Embassy to Argentine Embassy with ending reception at Hall of the Americas.
1 to 2 pm - Japanese Embassy reception
4 to 6 pm - Community for Creative Non-Violence - visit to largest homeless shelter in the US.Tues 18 Jul: Washington - 10 - 11 am - river cleanup with schoolchildren and The Anacostia Watershed Society
lunch -The Nature Conservancy
3 to 4 pm - visit to My Organic Market natural food storeWed 19 Jul: Washington - 9 am Habitat For Humanity - visit site and meet volunteers - meeting with Congressman Tom Udall and members of Congress
3 to 5 pm - Ice Cream Social on lawn of CongressThurs 20 Jul: Washington - Columbus Fri 21 Jul: Columbus - Indianapolis Sat 22 Jul: Indianapolis - Kansas City Sun 23 Jul: Kansas City to campsite Mon 24 Jul: travel to Denver Tues 25 Jul:travel to Denver Wed 26 Jul: Denver Thurs 27 Jul: Denver Fri 28 Jul: Denver - 8:30 to 9:00 am - presentation to Americorps - National Civilian Community Corps Denver Campus - travel to The Nature Conservancy of Colorado's Zapata Ranch near Mosca, Colorado.Sat 29 Jul: Zapata Ranch, Mosca, CO - 10 am presentation to staff and guests Sun 30 Jul:cycle to Santa Fe Mon 31 Jul: Santa Fe Tues 1 Aug: Santa Fe - 3 to 6 pm presentations with the Nizhoni School for Global Consciousness Wed 2 Aug: Santa Fe - 2 to 4 pm - Water Reception - public presentation regarding clean water issues
6:30 to 8:30 - Dinner hosted by Waterworks, Global Relief Resources and Presence CommunicationsThu 3 Aug: cycle to Grand Canyon Fri 4 Aug: Grand Canyon Sat 5 Aug: Grand Canyon Sun 6 Aug: cycle to Los Angeles Mon 7 Aug: Los Angeles - 10:30 am to 11:30 am presentation to The Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica
1 to 3 pm - cleanup of a segment of the Pacific Coast Highway with volunteers from the Santa Monica BaykeepersTues 8 Aug: Los Angeles - 9:30 am to 1:00 pm - team visits The Weingart Center for the Homeless preparing food and serving lunch for the homeless. Wed 9 Aug: Los Angeles - 9:30 am to 11:30 am - team attends the Grand Opening of the New Atwater Village Phase of the Los Angeles River Bikeway, cycling with Mayor Richard Riordan in conjunction with The Los Angeles County Bike Coalition and North East Trees.
1:30 to 3:00 pm - presentation to Grade 4 and 5 students at The Vaughn Next Century Learning Center and tour of surrounding neighborhood.Thu 10 Aug: Los Angeles - 10 am to 12 pm - watering, cleaning and pruning of site of 100 Millennium Trees in conjunction with the staff and volunteers of Tree Musketeers. Fri 11 Aug: bike Los Angeles to Phoenix Sat 12 Aug: Phoenix Sun 13 Aug: Phoenix Mon 14 Aug: Phoenix - 10 am to 12 pm Boy's and Girl's Club visit - 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm - presentation to teens at the South Mountain Environmental Education Center in conjunction with the City of Phoenix Parks, Recreation and Library Department.Tues 15 Aug: Phoenix - 9:30 am to 10:30 am presentation to The Thomas J. Pappas School for Homeless Children
Wed 16 Aug: 7:30 am - Breakfast with TOSCO staff group and public send-off
cycle Phoenix to Mexican border
***PLEASE NOTE THAT DATES AND EVENTS ARE APPROXIMATE DUE TO THE NATURE OF RELAY CYCLING***
Thurs 17 Aug - Tues 29 Aug: Mexico Border & bicycling through Mexico Tues 29 Aug - Thurs 31 Aug: Guatemala Border & cycle through Guatemala Thurs 31 Aug - Fri 1 Sept: El Salvador Border & cycle El Salvador to Honduras Fri 1 Sept: Honduras Border, cycle Honduras and cross Nicaragua Border Sat 2 Sept - Tues 5 Sept: cycle Nicaragua. Visit CellTech poverty and nutrition project at the Centro Communitario Oscar Romero in Nandaime for three days. Wed 6 Sept - Sun 17 Sept: Costa Rica Border. Cycle Costa Rica. Presentation United Nations' World Peace University. Meetings with Earth Charter Youth Initiative. Sun 17 Sep - Tues 19 Sept: Panama Border and cycling Panama Tues 19 Sept - Fri 29 Sept: Sail boat Panama City to Esmeraldas, Ecuador Fri 29 Sept - Sun 8 Oct : arrive Ecuador - visit ecotourism project in the Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve sponsored by the Nature Conservancy and the Fundacion Ecologica Rumiocha. Wed 8 Oct - Sun 15 Oct: leave Esmeraldas south to Peru - Bicycling through Peru - arrive Lima. Wed 18 Oct - Fri 20 Oct: cycle Lima to Cuscos, PeruMon 16 Oct - Wed 18 Oct: visit community development project addressing issues of poverty and housing with CEPROMUP-VES in Villa El Salvador neighborhood of Lima. Fri 20 Oct - Mon 23 Oct: Peru - Hike the Inca trail in Peru & Machu Picchu - bicycling through Bolivia Tues 24 Oct - Sat Nov 4: Cycle southern Peru - northern Chile - into Argentina - arrive Buenas Aires Sun 5 Nov - Tues 7 Nov: Buenas Aires - interviews & meeting Argentine National Assembly Wed 8 Nov - Fri 9 Nov: cycle Buenas Aires to Cipolletti in Patagonia Fri 10 Nov - Sun 12 Nov: events in Cipolletti/Neuquen Mon 13 Nov - Thurs 16 Nov: rest in Patagonia Sat 16 Nov - Wed 29 Nov: cycle southern Argentina into southern Chile - arrive Punta Arenas. Wed 29 Nov - Sun Dec 3: prepare for South Pole journey in Punta Arenas, Chile Sun Dec 3: Fly Punta Arenas to Antarctica. Begin ski to South Pole. Mon 31 Dec: South Pole arrive Wed 6 Jan: Chile Return Home
Contact: Ashanti Fraser Events Coordinator
Pole to Pole 2000
Box 2128, 100 Mile House, B.C. V0K 2E0 Canada
Telephone: 250-395-1037
