This man will brave the wasteland of west Kansas for your children

​If you’ve ever been through Colorado’s mountains you know that elevation sickness can be a real bitch. It’s like the hangover you get from a particularly nasty weekend bender.

Now imagine having to worry about it after riding riding a bike 800 miles in a week.

That’s exactly what Skyler Myers is doing. And he’s torturing himself for the students of the Kansas City Missouri School District. 

Myer’s plan is to raise money for new school books — in both English and Spanish — by riding his bike to the Continental Divide.

“I’ve learned about the district since studying at Rockhurst

and the depleted funds that started with white flight and back to the

1950s and the blockbusting that goes on,” says the 28-year-old graduate

student. “It made me want to do something to help raise some money and

some awareness.”

Myers leaves this Saturday, so there’s still time to sponsor him. You can sign up at his Web site.

After he leaves, the plan is to ride for seven days, stop for one day

of rest in Fort Collins, and make it to Cameron Pass in two more days. 

Sponsors already include Volker Bicycles and Build A Sign.com.

The goal is to raise $9,800 — a buck for every mile he rides and every foot of elevation.