My segment on Milwaukee Public Television with Outdoor Wisconsin has been pushed to next year! It seems the schedule for this year was filled before we even started filming. But don’t worry my story of self-discovery is as timeless as being human. The crew filmed me riding around Kohler-Andrae State Park for 3 hours. I was getting tired. And the interview only lasted about 15 minutes. It will be interesting to see what makes the silver screen, and how they interpret my thoughts on cycling Wisconsin vs the World.
I’ve also had a flurry of other media interest:
- Hopefully not-so-fleeting interest from National Geographic’s Locked Up Abroad.
- An article in The Waukesha Freeman about being a featured author at the SE WI Festival of Books.
- A radio interview with Michael Clish on WFAW. (Thanks to the Velveteen Rabbit Bookshop.)
- And a matching newspaper article in the Ft. Atkinson Daily Union.
This is a great story about my trip around the world, coming home, and how this all evolved into working with local schools to illustrate children’s books.
Thanks to Laurel Walker for doing such a thorough job, and to help build our local community by spreading change. I also had a big big surprise to see that I made the cover of the online edition. I had many teachers tell me that it was a win for the education system during these troubled times of protests in the State Capitol. Also, see the fun photo gallery by Kristyna Wentz-Graff.
PS. The original full-page story about my trip around the world in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is no longer accessible :(
Unfortunately many of my favorites stories aren’t available, like my story in:
- The Cape Argus, Cape Town South Africa
- Momentum Magazine, Vancouver, Canada
- The San Francisco Examiner
- The Waukesha Freeman.
- And more.
I met Stephen Regenold, the Gear Junkie, last summer in Minneapolis. I admire how he turned his love of gadgets into a profitable career, which is essentially the art of creating an adventure in your own backyard. In fact, he just returned from competing in the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, the “toughest and wildest race on Earth.”
Thanks to the Gear Junkie for featuring my bicycle in his nationally syndicated newspaper column. The story was great. So often journalists get it wrong. Also, it has had a very big impact, much more so than any other story in newspapers, TV or radio. So that’s a testament to the power of a passionate blogger.
Read the story about the The Bike that went Around the World
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.
This story was released early this week in the San Francisco Examiner.
Scott Stoll bikes around the world.
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.
Read a flattering story about my current adventure in the Santa Maria Times:
Cyclist discovers meaning of life
Also The Bay News (Morro Bay, CA) will be publishing a story, but as I understand it they don’t have the budget to post the stories online.
World Bicycle Tour
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