Processing grief and realizing a dream on the bike saddle

Alenka Vrecek is an athlete, an avid climber, skier and mountain biker specifically. She had a goal to ride her bike 2,500 miles from Lake Tahoe to the tip of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. She wrote a book about it called “She Rides,” which is out today.The Sierra Nevada Ally’s Noah Glick chatted with Vrecek about the book and her journey.This show is made possible by Press Forward, a national coalition investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms and close longstanding gaps in journalism coverage.And from our readers and listeners at sierranevadaally.org.Music for the show comes from local band, People with Bodies.Visit SierraNevadaAlly.org to show your financial support of coverage on civics, climate and community in the Sierra Nevada region.And sign up for our FREE newsletter and get the latest reports from the Sierra Nevada Ally sent directly to your inbox.