Read FAQs/Ride Information at www.usarc.org/peak-to-peak-pedal

Register online at www.firstgiving.com/usarc/p2p23

Need assistance? Contact USARC at 909.584.0269

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After registering, you can set up your own fun-draising page and email the link to your friends, family, colleagues and everyone, enabling them to make online pledges in your name. Don’t forget to post on Facebook, Twitter and other social media.

FirstGiving.com is a FAST, EASY, PRODUCTIVE and SECURE tool for supporters to sponsor you using a credit card. Plus, history shows support-ers are more likely to make substantial pledges in your name when using the Internet!

September 6, 2017 Registration deadline with a non-refundable deposit of $500.

October 4, 2017 Remit at least $2,000. $1,600 is tax-deductible for riders sponsoring their own entry.

The USARC reserves the right to determine eligibility of participation.

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The real beneficiaries of the Peak to Peak Pedal are the countless children and adults with disabilities who discover their potential through the USARC’s summer and winter programs facilitated by your participation.

Riders receive: Rider kit (includes customized cycling jersey if deposit is received by 9/6/17, event T-Shirt, water bottle, and goodie bag), all meals, amply stocked rest stops, massage therapy (when available,) transportation of camping equipment and personal gear, basic mechanical support, basic first aid as needed, celebration party and dinner upon arrival in Mammoth.

Optional incentive prizes*, offered as recogni-tion to riders displaying exceptional fundrais-ing efforts, include:

Goldenrod pacesetter jersey (for riders raising >$3,000)

Hydration backpack (for riders raising >$6,000)

Cycling helmet (for riders raising >$9,000)

* Deadlines apply. Please contact the USARC for details.

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Day 1 (59 mi.) — Cross the scenic Big Bear Valley before an exhilarating, twisting descent into the high desert. Then pay the piper with a solid climb up and over Goat Mt. Pass before a gradual cruise into Barstow on this second shortest day.

Day 2 (84 mi.) — Joshua trees wave you onward as you traverse the starkly beautiful landscape, over long stretches perfect for pacelines, past old min-ing towns and up one good climb, finishing with a steady downhill sprint into Ridgecrest.

Day 3 (80 mi.) — Hawks and fighter jets cavort above as you gradually ascend into the Owens Val-ley, painted with yellow sagebrush, blue lakes and red cinder cones, ending by Lake Diaz’s sparkling waters under Mt. Whitney’s massive granite flanks.

Day 4 (60 mi.) — Paralleling the magnificent Sierra crest, this flattest day eases along green pastures and fish hatcheries, past historic Manzanar, and through the bucolic hamlets of Independence and Big Pine, undulating its way to the mountain gateway of Bishop.

Day 5 (52 mi.) — Morning sun and glittering aspens glow on the peaks as gurgling streams and regal sycamores urge you toward, up and over scenic and sinuous Old Sherwin Grade, where fragrant pines and one last climb salute your arrival at Mammoth.

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The only on-site, year-round program of its kind in the region, the USARC provides lessons and equipment enabling persons with disability to spend their winters snow skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing. Complementing that is an unrivaled summer program teaching water skiing, paddling, sailing, fishing, Jet Skiing and off-road down-hill wheelchairs.

The sensation of freedom you experience, each time you ride a bike (or do any other recreational pursuit), is exactly what the US-ARC has done for over 25 years for thousands of people who would otherwise not have such liberating and rewarding opportunities.

Your support, be that as a P2P23 rider, or do-nating to the ride, ensures the USARC will be able to continue providing the opportunities for everybody to feel the freedom!

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October 4–8, 2017