“Great job yesterday! The anchors loved you, said only good things in the after show meeting.” Michael Dooley, the producer.
Stay tuned, I will post the spot with the teaser of me riding my bicycle into the studio on live TV. It was a very tight turn and I lost my balance and bounced off the wall. (I like to think I used the wall to my advantage.) It was either that or getting snarled in the curtain.
And for the record, Chicago has an amazing Lake Front trail for bicycling.
Here’s a Skype interview done by Rick Owens, a guy that is truly passionate about everything bicycles. With my experience in the world of websites and video, I can attest that he puts far more effort into these videos than is apparent.
Rip Van Winkle has this to say about returning home:
‘He had now entered the skirts of the village. A troop of strange children ran at his heels, hooting after him, and pointing at his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered: it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared. Strange names were over the doors–strange faces at the windows–everything was strange. His mind now misgave him; he began to doubt whether both he and the world around him were not bewitched. Surely this was his native village, which he had left but a day before. There stood the Kaatskill mountains–there ran the silver Hudson at a distance–there was every hill and dale precisely as it had always been–Rip was sorely perplexed–”That flagon last night,” thought he, “has addled my poor head sadly!” ‘
“Falling Uphill” appears to have been transliterated into something like “Adopt me and my bicycle” which is true enough, but is also translated as “Building yourself up with a Bicycle” which probably has a more colloquial meaning in Korean.
I’m also honored to be grouped with what appears to be “The life of Pi” and “Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance”.
Here’s a review by one of several newspapers, the Korean Daily Economic, which I translated through Google. Or view it in Korean.
I recently had an interview on a local morning TV show. It was an adventure all by itself. Getting a behind the scenes look at a live TV show. I have a new appreciation for the hosts and producers who were real busy bees behind the scenes. Also, I appreciated that during the commercial breaks, Allison and Molly took a few moments before to warm me up, and a few moments after to thank me.
For the record, I had no idea what they were going to ask me, so I was a bit surprised the interview became so philosophical. Also, not sure why the heck I was filmed sideways….
I also met Adam Ciralsky, the NBC News producer with the new show The Wanted and who also worked on 60 Minutes and the Today Show. I gave him my “elevator speech” and he said my book was interesting enough that he’s going to hand deliver it to the Today Show in New York City this week. That could be my lucky break.
I was impressed by the latest report of my adventures. (Read the Waukesha Freeman article.) The journalist was really passionate in his questioning and accurate in his reporting. He highlighted all the main points. And I think really captured the vibe of my whole journey. So, thanks to Carl Engelking.
As pictured above the article spawned my recent book signing at Martha Merrell’s bookstore in Waukesha, WI. Falling Uphill was selling like hotcakes to an Eskimo. When I was a young teenager, I used to special order all my sci-fi books here.
Also, This Friday, July 17th, I’ll be on the Morning Blend TV show in Milwaukee.
I recently did an in-depth interview in Vancouver for Sustainable Futures with Ryan Fletcher. This two part episode features stories of my travels framed in the context of creating a sustainable future and the rise of a global consciousness. I postulate some theories I discovered during my long hours of meditation-bicycling, and even goofy opinions about such things as why bicycles are bad for the environment and the depletion of oxygen in our atmosphere.
Interestingly, this story is a small excerpt cut and paste from my impromptu email written while bootlegging internet access outside a school closed for the holidays.
It seems to cater to the short attention span of an increasingly hectic world. 3 minutes seems to be about average.
Now you can actually see me in action :)
If you don’t see a video above, try this link.
Kudos to the reporter at KION 46, PJ Javaheri, for his professionalism and thoroughness while at the same time being a basically down-to-earth guy, who does all the reporting, writing, filming and editing of multiple stories all in one day, every day.
That being said, a lot of the more meaningful stuff hit the cutting room floor. So this is your super basic, third-grade education, somewhat distorted soundbyte, which just seems to be the nature of the biz selling to the short-attention span in a busy world.
My claim to fame is that I rode a bicycle around the world, and have recently published a book about my spiritual quest: Falling Uphill: 25,742 miles, 1461 days, 50 countries, 6 continents & 4 moments of enlightenment on a bicycle.
March 29, 2009 I will begin circumnavigating North America on a bicycle filming a documentary asking people the question that changed my life:
If you could do anything, what would you do?
I have had a lot of media coverage in the past including the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle proving that people are really hungry for stories of real-life inspiration.
You can discover everything you need to know here:
http://www.theargonauts.com/index.shtml
Regards,
Scott Stoll
PS. Everyone is invited to join me Forrest Gump style.
World Bicycle Tour
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