The Woman in Red - Adventure Cycling Association · adventure cycling tour along the Transamerica Trail where she met fellow rider paul Jeurissen of the netherlands. after marrying

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Woman in Redthe images of Paul Jeurissen

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aafter graduating from high school in 1981, grace Johnson of seattle was looking for adventure. That summer she joined a three-month guided adventure cycling tour along the Transamerica Trail where she met fellow rider paul Jeurissen of the netherlands. after marrying 10 years later, they took a six-month honeymoon ride through india, Thailand, and across the american West, where they passed through missoula, montana, and had

their portaits taken by adventure cycling’s greg siple (below). in the almost 20 years since, their velo-adventures have continued while paul has turned his attention to the study of photography. Of his work he says, “i try to visualize the feeling of traveling by bicycle — the unexpected adventures, contact with other cultures, and cycling through monumental scenery.” He also, apparently, almost always visualizes his favorite subject in the color red. To see more of paul’s striking and elegant imagery, including galleries and stories from his fateful 1981 Transam tour, visit www.projection3.com.

previous pages: Grace keeps an eye out for cowboys while riding through the painterly land-scapes of Monument Valley.1. Grace and Paul in India, 2007. 2. Grace draws stares during an early-morning pedal out of the town of Kollegal, India. 3. Riding through verdant landscapes on Scotland’s Island of Skye. 4. Cyclotourists always seem to attract curious crowds in the cities and towns of southern India. 5. At camp beneath the Fisher Towers outside of Moab, Utah.

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1. Threading the gap between towering sandstone walls, Grace rides the Burr Trail road in Utah. 2. Paul somehow clings to the ceiling while Grace plays solitaire in an Indian hotel room. 3. A trav-eling salesman in southern India shows Grace how to really maximize her load. 4. Descending into the mist from an Indian hill station. 5. Riding through the Indian state of Kerala with a gopuram, or ornately constructed gateway to a Hindu temple, in the background.

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1. To receive the blessing of an elephant you first give it a rupee coin, then it taps your head with its trunk. 2. Where’s Waldo? Grace navigates a chaotic street in Tirupati, India. 3. Many traveling salesman in India use bicycles for transport, like this pedaling cloth peddler. 4. The woman in red turns blue. Heading towards the Smokey Mountain Road in Utah. 5. In the shade of a colossal banyan tree, Grace escapes southern India’s midday heat.

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The Woman in Red - Adventure Cycling Association · adventure cycling tour along the Transamerica Trail where she met fellow rider paul Jeurissen of the netherlands. after marrying