Cycling Home From Siberia

Rob Lilwall is a middle school geography teacher who is, not surprisingly, bored with his life.  He is 27 years old, has no significant other, and has no big plans for the future.  So when he his old buddy Al emails Rob and asks him to ride with for the last leg of his round-the-world cycling trip, Rob says why not? So our hero hops a plane to the god forsaken Siberian town of Magadan.  It’s on the Eastern side of Siberia and everyone he meets tells him he will soon die in the subfreezing cold.  He is warned about…

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