Man Attempts 15 Thousand Mile Bike Ride

(WOLO) COLUMBIA,S.C., — He’s already on the 3rd leg of a life changing journey, but Art Whiting is only getting started. His trek started back on February 25th in Washington DC. through snow and ice and he’s been riding ever since. Through Virginia to North Carolina and now Columbia. Riding three days at 15 miles per hour and taking just one day to rest. Sound daunting? Whiting says it’s actually easier then what he’s already endured. ” About 14 months ago my wife passed away from triple negative breast cancer. she had it for 5 years and she fought bravely, harder than you can imagine, but at the end of the day it didn’t work.” While the trip was something the two had planned to embark on together….Whiting says once doctors advised them she wasn’t going to live to join him…he promised he’d push ahead for them both. ” it was a tough situation but she was tough . and at one point we even said if someone is going to get it it might as well be us because we can handle it. and she handled it with grace the entire way.” And while the back seat off his tandum bike appears empty, he says it’s her tough spirit that’s been with him the entire way. His trip is expected to take him 8 months stopping in more than 40 state capitols.