World cyclist returns home, and promptly aims for Tucson's low point
Jim Malusa bicycled to the lowest point on six continents, and lived to tell the tale in his travelogue, Into Thick Air. Now, back home in Arizona, he takes a bicycle tour to the lowest point in Tucson, just downsteam from the outflow of the wastewater plant. Funny, but nobody else was around...
His descriptions of desert landscapes can be extraordinary.”
—New York Times Sunday Book Review
About Jim
After graduating in the top 80% of the class of 1975 from Catalina High School in Tucson, Arizona, I worked as fry-vat lid opener at Kentucky Fried Chicken, steel bender at A&J Sheet Metal, and deconstructionist at Cro-Magnon Demolition. I later attended...