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Episode 6: The Bike Messenger

Going to Extremes with Mark Jenkins
Going to Extremes - Bike Messenger

Episode 6: The Bike Messenger (Part 1 and 2) - I had failed on another Himalayan expedition and felt lost. I took a bus from Lhasa north into the heart of Tibet. I wanted to get a pony but ended up getting a bicycle. I pedaled into the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, my pack strapped to the bicycle. I intended to solo a peak. Instead, I ended up becoming a messenger for an old Buddhist woman. What you expect is never what you get.

A world-renowned explorer, critically acclaimed author, and international journalist, for the last decade Jenkins has covered the globe. As a foreign correspondent for the past 30 years, Mark Jenkins has explored the most remote, difficult, and dangerous places on the planet.