RE: Rides in interesting places [Was Re: excerpt from Antarctica]
> While we are on the subject, what interesting places have
> people ridden their unicycles?
> (ie country/mountain/volcano/the moon etc)
I got the moon covered:
http://www.unicycling.com/things/default.htm#19
(I did not ride inside the park, but did get out and ride on some lava.
Similar to Moab slickrock, only a lot rougher! Bad for the tires)
While we’re on the ol ‘Things not to do’ page, here are some other
“interesting” (stupid) places to unicycle:
- Down a sand dune
- Tiananmen Square (got to take this one down; it’s not a crime anymore!)
- Velodrome (maybe it works on a big wheel)
- Escalator (never managed it no-hands though)
- Tokyo Tower (can’t remember if we rode up on the observation deck)
- Slipperiest-possible ice
- Trampoline
I’ve ridden off a diving board into a swimming pool in the Philippines.
Around the Imperial Palace in Tokyo (after UNICON III, 1987). Also in Japan,
up a mountain near Kobe.
All around downtown Brussels, Belgium (1986, on a 20").
[Yes, many of these aren’t interesting if you live there]
On beach sand and stone jetties, in New York and New Jersey.
On a wall that was 3’ high on one side, and over 20’ on the other (once).
In many moving elevators.
On a steep downhill trail near Santa Cruz, in the pouring rain!
On the subway (Hong Kong).
On the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum (the famous steps from the film
Rocky), up and down.
In a race on the Great Wall in China (1993).
On the stage at Radio City Music Hall (and in a rehearsal room, where I
performed for a group of Moscow Circus people and their kids, 1990).
On my 6 footer through Bloomingdale’s, between glass cases of jewelry and
all over the store (and paid to do it!).
On the Slickrock Trail in Moab.
Up (once!) and down (twice) Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. My first time riding
down was partially in pitch darkness!
Down the famous Repack trail in Marin County.
Down Mt. Wilson in Southern CA in temperatures climbing past 100 degrees f
(1998 NUC)!
At the Crest Theatre in Sacramento (at my wedding)
In a gym full of unicyclists from around the world at any (every) UNICON.
There are many more, but I’ll finish up with this one: On the observation
deck of the World Trade Center, with Tom Miller in 1986. It was after dark,
the place was empty, so nobody seemed to mind.
Please notice the fact that many of these rides are available to all of you.
Some are more accessible than others. A good start would be to ride in the
gym at a UNICON.
Stay on top (and keep it interesting),
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
“We were discussing Big Mac Meals. I think that has little if anything to do
with cow parts. There are probably more UNICYCLE parts in a Big Mac than cow
parts.” - Greg Harper on cuisine
