Brother of late Wonderful Race Canada contestant biking throughout Canada in his honour

Rising up, Daniel McAlpine, 25, mentioned he at all times adopted his huge brother Kenneth round as he went on his subsequent journey. Now he’s embarking on one in every of his personal.

On Monday, Daniel began a cross-Canada bike trip from his hometown of Collingwood, Ont., to Rossland, B.C., in honour of his huge brother’s legacy in what he’s calling the Massive Ol Gerry Tour.

“He would say I’m slightly bit nuts as a result of he wasn’t a giant biker like this; he was extra of a mountain biker. However I believe he would have been so supportive and cheering me on the entire means, and I do know he’s,” Daniel mentioned.

He joked that whereas he thinks his huge brother would have joined him for a part of the journey, Daniel doubts he would have made the entire 45-day journey on a motorcycle.

In 2017, Kenneth and his buddy Ryan Lachapelle shaped Workforce GIVE’R for the fifth season of The Wonderful Race Canada and completed in second place.

In 2019, Kenneth died on the age of 28 in a climbing accident in B.C.’s Kootenay area.

Daniel hopes to honour his late brother’s ardour for journey and the outside whereas additionally elevating cash for the inspiration shaped in his identify.

“They pushed me, and I at all times needed to sustain, so I believe that undoubtedly pushed me into the trail that I now am on. He was a larger-than-life form of man, and he at all times beloved the following journey. He at all times beloved doing very out-there issues.”

An avid adventurer and chef, Kenneth’s Wonderful Race Canada companion began the Workforce GIVE’R Basis in his honour to supply bursaries for college students desirous to pursue a culinary training and assist younger individuals become involved in snowboarding and mountain biking.

Lachapelle, 31, mentioned he and Kenneth had been greatest mates since highschool, first bonding over a love for downhill snowboarding and rollerblading.

He mentioned the inspiration is predicated on all of the issues Kenneth had a ardour for in life and his ardour for giving again to the youth in his group.

“Kenneth, to me, was the kindest individual I’ve ever met. He actually introduced give again into the that means of giver, which was enormous. He was he would consider others earlier than himself every day,” He mentioned.

Daniel mentioned he’s grateful he and his brother had been capable of take part in sports activities like snowboarding and mountain biking, and he’s hoping to assist extra youth do the identical.

Anybody desirous to help Daniel’s journey and donate to the Workforce GIVE’R Basis can discover all the data on the basis’s web site.

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