A Ride to Remember Iohan Gueorguiev 

A Ride to Remember Iohan Gueorguiev
A RIDE TO REMEMBER IOHAN
AUG 26, 2022 a group of travellers, tree planters, and cyclists gathered in Mayook, BC to remember the life of Iohan Gueorguiev who took his own life last on Aug 19th.
Iohan inspired many people though this adventurous videos and quiet personality.
This event to allowed like-minded people to express their thoughts, experiences, and stories of our dear friend, Iohan Gueorguiev, The Bike Wander.
After an evening feast, we headed up to Cherry Lake, BC only 65km away, but just over 1000m of elevation worth of climbing along the route. For some, this tested their limits. But at the end of the day, we all made it to the lake, some with new-found strength in what they can accomplish.
Iohan was on a journey heading south from BC to Argentina, and nearing the end of his originally planned trip announced that he would not stop here. He would continue to cycle the world. COVID had him confined to portions of BC. This an many other factors weighed on him, including his ongoing battle with sleep apnea and insomnia. The pressures were too much for him, and he left us reeling in his departure from this world.
We spread some of Iohan’s ashes at the lake, and gave some to select individuals who will travel back home to other countries, to allow Iohan to be where he wanted to be. “Home on the open road”
Proceeds from this even were donated to headsupguys.org/
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You can donate directly to Iohan’s memorial page here:
give.ubc.ca/me...
Special thanks to:
Dan & Melanie Losth (co-organizing this event)
Matthew Bardeen (maintaining Iohan Memorial Instagram)
/ iohangue_memorial
The Parsons Music (Clayton & Joelle Parsons)
/ theparsonsmusic
Thanks to the many business who donated items:
Endurance Tap / endurance_tap
Gerick Sports / gericksports
Ascend Coffee Co / ascendcoffee_co
Morchella Market / morchellamarket
Northstar Bicycle / northstarbicycleco
Prevail Apparel + Supplements / prevailempire
Cranbrook Tourism / visitcranbrook
Kimberley Tourism / tourismkimberley
Jennie Wright from Ontario (hand-made sweetgrass bracelets)
Jolene Cox / mujozen made the laminated photo cards of Iohan
And thanks to all that attended the event.
My thoughts go out to all. ~ Salty Beard