Announcement: Abilitytrek 2007
Daniel Sheret
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Title:
Announcement: Abilitytrek 2007
Creator:
Daniel Sheret
Date:
8/22/2007
Text:
Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
August 21, 2007
< <URL Redacted>>
Amputee Bicyclist Successfully Crosses United States During Global Trek to
Support Landmine Survivors
Two and half months after leaving Washington, D.C., Daniel Sheret, an
endurance bicyclist and amputee, successfully bicycled 4,120 miles (6629
kilometers) across 13 states, reaching San Francisco, California, on August
16. Thus ended the first stage of his epic around-the-world Ability Trek
2007 tour to raise funds for amputees who have been maimed by landmines and
other mishaps, and to raise awareness of the global landmine problem.
Sheret's efforts are benefiting Clear Path International
(www.cpi.org/index.php), a non-governmental organization assisting survivors
of landmines and explosive remnants of war in Southeast Asia. Funds raised
will also go to the Iraq Prosthetic Center in Basra to treat amputees in
southern Iraq < <URL Redacted>> . Both initiatives
are supported in part by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. (See
earlier Media Note at www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/may/85832.htm.)
Mr. Sheret contended with extreme heat, rain, violent storms, and steep
hills and mountains bicycling through Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,
Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. The generosity of Americans that he
met along the way, an appearance on CNN's Larry King Live interview
program, and some good weather compensated for those challenges.
After Sheret recuperates from his trans-continental bike trek, on September
13, 2007 he will fly to Ireland and tour the British Isles, then proceed to
Western Europe, the Balkans < <URL Redacted>> ,
Turkey < http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/tu/ > , Syria
< http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2420.htm > , Jordan
< http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/jordan/ > , India
< http://www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/in/ > , Nepal
< http://www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/np/ > , China
< http://www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/ch/ > , South East Asia, and Japan
< http://www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/ja/ > , returning to the United States in
2008.
To learn more about Daniel Sheret's Ability Trek 2007 and to follow his
daily blog, visit www.abilitytrek.org/. To learn more about the Office of
Weapons Removal and Abatement's humanitarian mine action and small
arms/light weapons destruction activities, and its program to encourage
civil society participation in making the world free from the humanitarian
impact of landmines, visit www.state.gov/t/pm/wra and also examine that
Office's Safe Passage newsletters at www.state.gov/t/pm/wra/c10648.htm.
2007/710
Released on August 21, 2007
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
August 21, 2007
< <URL Redacted>>
Amputee Bicyclist Successfully Crosses United States During Global Trek to
Support Landmine Survivors
Two and half months after leaving Washington, D.C., Daniel Sheret, an
endurance bicyclist and amputee, successfully bicycled 4,120 miles (6629
kilometers) across 13 states, reaching San Francisco, California, on August
16. Thus ended the first stage of his epic around-the-world Ability Trek
2007 tour to raise funds for amputees who have been maimed by landmines and
other mishaps, and to raise awareness of the global landmine problem.
Sheret's efforts are benefiting Clear Path International
(www.cpi.org/index.php), a non-governmental organization assisting survivors
of landmines and explosive remnants of war in Southeast Asia. Funds raised
will also go to the Iraq Prosthetic Center in Basra to treat amputees in
southern Iraq < <URL Redacted>> . Both initiatives
are supported in part by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. (See
earlier Media Note at www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/may/85832.htm.)
Mr. Sheret contended with extreme heat, rain, violent storms, and steep
hills and mountains bicycling through Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,
Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. The generosity of Americans that he
met along the way, an appearance on CNN's Larry King Live interview
program, and some good weather compensated for those challenges.
After Sheret recuperates from his trans-continental bike trek, on September
13, 2007 he will fly to Ireland and tour the British Isles, then proceed to
Western Europe, the Balkans < <URL Redacted>> ,
Turkey < http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/tu/ > , Syria
< http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2420.htm > , Jordan
< http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/jordan/ > , India
< http://www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/in/ > , Nepal
< http://www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/np/ > , China
< http://www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/ch/ > , South East Asia, and Japan
< http://www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/ja/ > , returning to the United States in
2008.
To learn more about Daniel Sheret's Ability Trek 2007 and to follow his
daily blog, visit www.abilitytrek.org/. To learn more about the Office of
Weapons Removal and Abatement's humanitarian mine action and small
arms/light weapons destruction activities, and its program to encourage
civil society participation in making the world free from the humanitarian
impact of landmines, visit www.state.gov/t/pm/wra and also examine that
Office's Safe Passage newsletters at www.state.gov/t/pm/wra/c10648.htm.
2007/710
Released on August 21, 2007
Citation
Daniel Sheret, “Announcement: Abilitytrek 2007,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/228473.
