Fifty years later, lifelong friends 'keep on pedaling'
From left: John Cross, Jim Oines, Peter Crane and Jeff Stoop stand with their pastor just before they embark on an over 8,000-mile bike ride to La Paz, Bolivia.
Photo courtesy of John Cross
50 years later: John Cross, Jim Oines, Peter Crane and Jeff Stoops reunite in Coeur d'Alene.
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John Cross, Jim Oines, Peter Crane and Jeff Stoops celebrate reaching the Andes mountains in South America, elevated at 15,395 feet.
Photo courtesy of John Cross
WORLEY — The year was 1974 — the time before cell phones, internet or GPS. Four men got on their bikes with their 60-pound packs and began a ride that would span 10 months and 8,334 miles, landing the men in the highest capital city of the world: La Paz, Bolivia.
Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the start of that adventure for John Cross, Peter Crane, Jim Oines and Jeff Stoops, who are now all in their 70s. The men reunited in Coeur d’Alene last week to celebrate the life-changing journey they had taken together in their 20s.
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