My friend Claire sent me this email today... how cool!!
- I am reading a book called "Packing for Mars" which is about the research that goes into putting man into space. I came across a section that made me think of you and how appropriate the title of your bike journey blog is. When they were first investigating putting man into space, they had no idea how the human would react to no gravity - would hurtling into the black blow the astronaut's mind? In an April 1957 issue of Aviation Medicine, 35 percent of 136 pilots interviewed reported having experienced a strange feeling of detachment from Earth while flying at high altitudes. The phenomenon was pervasive enough for psychologists gave it a name -- the breakaway effect. The feeling wasn't one of panic for the pilots, but one of euphoria. So, your bike journey is aptly named, your breakaway, your way to euphoria! I love it.