John Wickland
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| Industry | Transportation |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Bicyclist |
| Location | McLean, Virginia |
| Introduction | Ridden 19,000+ miles on my ten-year old Trek 520 touring bicycle. Started in 2003 with a 6,711 mile ride from California to Minnesota via Florida, followed by 4,847 miles from Minnesota back to California in 2006 to complete an around-the-country bicycle adventure. Also rode 1,872 miles thru Germany, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic & Poland in 2008. Then rode 814 miles in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa & Missouri in 2009. Most recently rode 5,007 miles in 2012 from Virginia to Spain via Canada, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Scotland, England, the Channel Islands and France. |
| Interests | sushi, cookie dough, Vegemite, corned beef hash, Blue Bell ice cream, salami sandwiches, Asian pears, hakarl, USMNT, hiking, biking, skiing, small towns, Victorian homes, indie theaters, live music, trains, my 2002 Prius, my Trek 520, Iceland, Scotland, New Zealand, Bhutan, Yosemite, Austin, Krakow, nice people |
| Favorite Movies | 12 Monkeys, 127 Hours, 28 Days/Weeks Later, 500 Days Of Summer, About A Boy, Almost Famous, American History X, Babel, Blue Is The Warmest Color, Bridge To Terabithia, Brigadoon, Cars, Children Of Men, Clueless, District 9, Everyone Says I Love You, Forrest Gump, Fruitvale Station, Garden State, Gattaca, Ghost World, Glosoli, Hoop Dreams, Hugo, Inception, Into The Wild, Juno, Jurassic Park, Killing Fields, Life Is Beautiful, Lion King, Little Miss Sunshine, A Little Princess, Lost In Translation, Ma Vie En Rose, My Cousin Vinny, My Girl, My Life As A Dog, Napolean Dynamite, Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Schindler's List, Searching For Bobby Fischer, Seven Years In Tibet, Shawshank Redemption, Short Term 12, Skyfall, Slumdog Millionaire, Small Change, The Spectacular Now, Spy Game, Stand By Me, Star Wars, Waiting For Superman, The Way Way Back, Whale Rider, Amazing Race, Brooklyn Bridge, Freaks & Geeks, Frontline, Futurama, Globe Trekker, I'll Fly Away, Little House On The Prairie, MASH, My So-Called Life, The Office, Once & Again, Quantum Leap, Reno 911, The Simpsons, Star Trek |
| Favorite Music | Adele, Aimee Mann, Alison Krauss, Amy Winehouse, Band Perry, Beatles, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Built To Spill, Chantal Kreviazuk, Coldplay, Counting Crows, The Cranberries, Dave Matthews Band, Dido, Dixie Chicks, Electric Light Orchestra, Emmylou Harris, Elton John, Eva Cassidy, Everclear, Foo Fighters, Fun., Garth Brooks, Green Day, Guns N Roses, Hanson, Innocence Mission, Jackson Browne, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Kacey Musgraves, Kelly Willis, The Killers, Langley Schools Music Project, Madonna, Marc Cohn, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Nelly Furtado, Oasis, Of Monsters And Men, Patty Griffin, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Powderfinger, Radiohead, REM, Rilo Kiley, Ryan Adams, Sam Cooke, Shelby Lynne, Sheryl Crow, Sigur Ros, Smashing Pumpkins, Sophie B. Hawkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys, Travis, U2, World Party |
| Favorite Books | Atonement, Angela's Ashes, Into The Wild, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The Chronicles Of Narnia, Harry Potter, The Journals Of Lewis & Clark |