Brian Perich
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Brian Perich
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://korean-world.blogspot.com
Previously, Brian has led Canoe adventures in Quetico Provincial Park, Atikokan, Ontario, Canada (1993/1999); Trek America adventures (2000); titanium welding at Agilent Technologies, Winery work with Kendall Jackson in California; Surfing and Meditation, 1999-2000.
Between 1994-1998 - Brian completed his own adventures with motorcycles. His motorcycling marathons took him across the United States and central/western Canada, while traveling solo for 24,000km in 60 days. He endured 900 mile/1300km days on the motorcycle.Today, he has given up motorcycle adventures altogether.
While employed as an English teacher in South Korea, Brian became an advocate for bicycle touring on his mountain bikes. His Korean-World blog originated from those small adventures in Korea. Brian started HimalayasX across western China, the Taklamakan Desert, Aksai Chin mountains, the corrugated mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces. Brian completed his first 3200km/1988 miles journey in 2011.
Brian completed his second major epic, MongoliaX - Crossing Mongolia in 2012, a solo mountain bike ride across 2500km of Outer Mongolia from Ulanbaatar to Altai Taven-Bogd National Park bordering China, Russia and Mongolia. He returned in 2014, completing the X in Mongolia with 3750km (2200 miles) from the Gobi Desert to the Russian borders to Altai Tavn Bogd (5 Saints) to China. From East to West and North to South.
In 2013, Brian cycled 3400km (2000 miles) in 30 days completing a cross-country bicycle journey called Totherocktour. Enjoying the adventure of bicycle travel and great conversations he cycled solo from the Great Lake State of Michigan, United States to Banff National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He weaved through local communities and reconnected with friends, family and community after spending almost a decade in Asia.
Brian is now supporting several non-profit foundations through expeditions: IDEAS Foundation of Canada IDEAS is the acronym for Intestinal Disease Education and Awareness Society which supports the IBD community, those suffering from IBD-inflammatory bowel disease, also known as Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis.
Brian is researching support for a year long expedition across the Americas - from Alaska to Argentina.
Please contact him if you are interested in helping out.
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