World Cyclist Malusa on Book Tour

By Damien Newton
Jun 10, 2008

With
a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, Malusa bicycled alone to the
lowest point on six continents, a six-year series of anti-expeditions
to the anti-summits. Malusa will read from his new book, Into Thick
Air, and show slides of what he found while pedaling to the pits, from
Death Valley to the Dead Sea. For more info, check out www.intothickair.com

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