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Shifting into High Gear

Audiobook
Nonfiction: Biography, Memoir
Unabridged   5.75 hour(s)
Publication date: 02/26/2019

Shifting into High Gear

One Man's Grave Diagnosis and the Epic Bike Ride That Taught Him What Matters

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Audio CD ISBN:9781684571345
Digital Download ISBN:9781684571352

Summary

Shifting into High Gear charts the course of Kyle Bryant's transformation as he journeys on a recumbent tricycle across the United States in the throes of Friedreich's ataxia, a life-shortening and disabling disease. Full of humor and reflection, it's a heroic journey of a man driven to reframe the language of disease through action and service.

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Shifting into High Gear charts the course of Kyle Bryant's transformation as he journeys on a recumbent tricycle across the United States in the throes of Friedreich's ataxia, a life-shortening and disabling disease. Full of humor and reflection, it's a heroic journey of a man driven to reframe the language of disease through action and service.

As you travel with Kyle during two cross-country bike rides through the American West, Texas, the Southern States, and finally to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, the grueling rides become a compelling backdrop for a series of lessons and ruminations which embrace an alternative worldview and provide practical solutions to everyday problems. A thrilling adventure story, yes, Shifting into High Gear is also ultimately about helping listeners reinterpret the conditions of their lives and learning how positive thinking, purposeful connection, and deliberate actions can help anyone reach beyond their limits and live a bolder and bigger life no matter what the circumstance.

Reviews/Praise

"A unique and extraordinary blend of memoir and transferrable insights -- and one of those books that will linger in the mind and memory longer after it has been finished and set back upon the shelf." — Midwest Book Review

Author Bio

Diagnosed with a debilitating disease called Friedreich's ataxia at age seventeen, Kyle Bryant set off across the country to raise awareness. Today, he is the founder and director of rideATAXIA, a fundraising program of the Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance, which raises 1 million dollars for research every year.