Wild Wâpanacâhk

- National: 4189th
- Province: 162nd in SK
- My Team: 1st
My Story
This August, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Why? Because right now, over 1,700 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, and it's the biggest killer of children from disease in Canada.
Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.
So I am raising funds through my challenge to help these kids and support SickKids Foundation to allow them to continue their work in developing treatments and finding a cure for childhood cancer.
Please support me by making a donation to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.
Your support will change little lives.
Thank you.
Wild
My Challenge
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Coast to coast and the Territories.
17 Sep 2025Wild Wâpanacâhk’s Prairie Ride Logbook
Saskatoon → Winnipeg (721 km total)
Saskatoon → Wynyard (174.6 km)
The road began with resolve, derailleur already scarred but still fighting. The prairie air cut cold, and my wool fingerless gloves clung to the bars, stubborn against numbness. Every push east was a promise.
Wynyard → Foam Lake (47.9 km, 222.5 km total)
Short stretch but hunger clawed hard. My fall camo hoodie, heavy with sweat and rain, carried me on. The reflective camo rain gear flashed in the headlights — a bushman ghost glowing on the highway.
Foam Lake → Yorkton (88.9 km, 311.4 km total)
Here the gear began to break. The derailleur FUBARed, the rim crying for rescue. Shifting cords frayed patience. But Yorkton brought a flicker of humanity — a donation, proof that someone still believed in the ride.
Yorkton → Gladstone (270.9 km, 582.3 km total)
The monster stretch. Storms split the prairie sky into lightning strobes. I wore my camo reflective rain gear like a shield, my wool three-finger mitts keeping the blood moving in my hands. At the Co-op Gas Bar in Gladstone, hunger made me snap — but kindness arrived anyway with food pressed into my hands.
Gladstone → Portage la Prairie (55.2 km, 637.6 km total)
The derailleur screamed with every pedal stroke, cords haunted me like old ghosts. My fall camo hoodie was soaked through again, but still I cracked jokes with the thunder. A breath before the last push.
Portage la Prairie → Winnipeg (Cirque J Truck Stop) (83.3 km, 720.9 km total)
Four hours of grinding nonstop. An old man “a day younger than Moses” fixed my rim and kept me rolling. My wool fingerless gloves, my three-finger mitts, my camo hoodie, my neon-striped rain gear — all soaked, battered, worn — carried me through the final stretch into Winnipeg.
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Gear Log
Derailleur: FUBARed early, limped across the prairie screaming.
Back Rim: Repaired by an old hand, patched into survival.
Cordage / shifting cables: Frayed and failing, constant battle.
Camo reflective rain gear: Shield against storms, warning beacon to trucks.
Fall camo hoodie: Sweat-soaked, rain-soaked, diesel-stained, still loyal.
Wool fingerless gloves: Grip without mercy, fingertips raw.
Wool three-finger mitts: Kept blood in the hands when the cold tried to steal it.
Posted 7 days ago -
43.5 km ride - In the Zone - Monday, August 11, 2025
Logged this ride 44 days ago -
32.3 km ride - Riding in the Rain - Friday, August 8, 2025
Logged this ride 47 days ago -
$250 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just raised $250 to fight kids' cancer and achieved PROTECTOR LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.
Posted 52 days ago -
$100 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just raised $100 to fight kids' cancer and achieved DEFENDER LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.
Posted 53 days ago -
11.6 km ride - Sun sprinte - Friday, August 1, 2025
Logged this ride 54 days ago
My Sponsors
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vicki richert
$103.50Received this donation 52 days agoWild
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Anonymous
$51.75Received this donation 53 days agoWild
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Nahid Sultana
$36.23Received this donation 8 days agoWild
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Tyler Wist
$36.23Received this donation 45 days agoWild
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Carrie-Lynn
$25.88Received this donation 52 days agoWild
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Janice Staniec
$25.88Received this donation 56 days agoWild
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Mathan Ratnabalasingh
$25.88Received this donation 55 days agoWild
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Chona Juson
$20.70Received this donation 56 days agoWild