AUTHOR. CYCLIST. WORLD TRAVELER.

A life
without
shortcuts.

Meet Frosty Wooldridge—the writer who turned decades on a bicycle into extraordinary stories from six continents.

FEATURED BOOK THE KICKSTAND CHRONICLES

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A JOURNEY TOLD ONE MILE AT A TIME THE KICKSTAND CHRONICLES

THE OPEN ROAD
IS THE WHOLE POINT.
THE ART OF EXPLORING THE WORLD
FROSTY WOOLDRIDGE / AUTHOR & ADVENTURERSCROLL TO THE STORY 01 / 06
45+YEARS OF STORIES
IN THE FEATURED BOOK
06CONTINENTS
EXPLORED
62CHAPTERS IN
THE KICKSTAND CHRONICLES
A LIFE IN MOTION.
A WORLD OF STORIES.

WHAT MAKES A LIFE WORTH WRITING ABOUT?

Some people collect things.
Frosty collects the road.

THE PEOPLE. THE PLACES. THE UNEXPECTED.

02 — THE MOMENTS THAT STAY

You couldn't
make this up.

Across six continents, Frosty encountered people and situations that seem impossible until you read about them. These are glimpses from The Kickstand Chronicles.

01THE UNEXPECTED
ON THE ROAD / 01

The man crossing America on his hands.

A remarkable encounter challenges assumptions about what determination looks like.

02THE ABSURD
ON THE ROAD / 02

Arrested for having “too much fun.”

One of the offbeat moments behind the humor in Frosty's travel writing.

03THE WILD
ON THE ROAD / 03

Face-to-face with an Alaskan grizzly.

The kind of wilderness encounter that stays with a traveler long after the ride is over.

03 — MORE BOOKS

A lifetime
on the page.

Beyond the miles: cycling journals, adventure, life stories and essays. Explore 17 published titles across Frosty’s writing.

17 titles · One remarkably wide-ranging shelf

ADVENTURE / 01

The Kickstand Chronicles

Forty-five years of bicycle travel across six continents unfold through 62 encounters: unusual people, brushes with danger, humor and hard-won wonder. Frosty invites readers to take the seat beside him and see how an ordinary road becomes a story.

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ADVENTURE / 02

How to Live a Life of Adventure: The Art of Exploring the World

Across six sections and 64 chapters, Frosty combines first-hand adventures with a practical approach to finding purpose, building confidence and turning the wish to explore into action. Each teaching chapter is paired with stories from journeys around the world.

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CYCLING / 03

Old Men Bicycling Across America: A Journey Beyond Old Age

A long-distance bicycle journey becomes a meditation on possibility beyond the limits that age is supposed to impose. The story celebrates courageous departures, difficult stretches, the companions made along the way and the sunrise waiting beyond the next hill.

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LIFE / 04

Living Your Spectacular Life

A book devoted to pursuing a life with direction and intention. Its central challenge is also Frosty's message from the stage: discover the dream that matters to you, pursue it deliberately and make room to live it.

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CYCLING / 05

Bicycling Around the World: Tire Tracks for Your Imagination

From the Andes to the Australian Outback, Nepal and the American West, Frosty recounts remarkable characters, unexpected encounters and the exhilaration of long-distance touring. He mixes vivid travel episodes with the practical perspective of decades on two wheels.

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ADVENTURE / 06

An Extreme Encounter: Antarctica — Adventure Without Limits

To reach Antarctica, Frosty took a job at McMurdo Station and found a world of polar storms, scientists, penguins and astonishing extremes. This first-hand account explores both the stark beauty of the ice and the unusual people who make their lives there.

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CYCLING / 07

Bicycling the Continental Divide: Slice of Heaven, Taste of Hell

A demanding ride along the Continental Divide becomes a test of endurance and companionship. Remote roads and punishing climbs make room for the moments of exhilaration that reward a cyclist willing to keep moving.

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CYCLING / 08

Zen Between Two Bicycle Wheels: Eat, Pedal, Sleep

A west-coast bicycle journey framed around the everyday rhythm of life on the road. The book brings a baby boomer's perspective to traveling under one's own power, finding people to meet and discovering what a slower pace can reveal.

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ADVENTURE / 09

Rafting the Rolling Thunder: Journey Through the Grand Canyon

The river, canyon walls and fierce current take center stage in this Grand Canyon adventure. Frosty brings the reader onto the water to share the excitement, challenges and unforgettable scale of a rafting journey.

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FICTION / 10

Motorcycle Adventure to Alaska: Into the Wind

In this young-adult adventure, two teenage brothers, Trevor and Dan, set out for Alaska on motorcycles. Encounters with wild country, danger and strangers push both boys toward greater confidence, responsibility and a deeper understanding of themselves.

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CYCLING / 11

The Handbook for Touring Bicyclists

An accessible primer for cyclists planning to travel beyond the familiar route. The guide addresses what to pack, how to prepare, the daily realities of touring and ways to make a first long-distance journey both practical and enjoyable.

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LIFE / 12

Losing Your Best Friend: Vacancies of the Heart

Through personal stories, Frosty examines the grief and disorientation that come when a close friendship ends through distance, disagreement or death. He considers what friendship means and how people find a way forward after its loss.

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LIFE / 13

How to Deal with 21st Century American Women

Frosty turns to romantic relationships in a book subtitled Co-Creating a Successful Relationship. It considers the effort of understanding one another, working through differences and building a connection with care and intention.

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ISSUES / 14

America's Overpopulation Predicament: Blindsiding Future Generations

A nonfiction examination of population growth in the United States and the pressures Frosty argues it places on land, natural resources and future generations. The book presents his environmental and public-policy perspective on long-term sustainability.

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ISSUES / 15

America on the Brink: The Next Added 100 Million Americans

Frosty argues that continued population growth could strain America's water, energy, infrastructure and natural resources. This policy-focused book sets out his concerns about sustainability and calls for public debate over future growth.

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ISSUES / 16

Immigration's Unarmed Invasion: Deadly Consequences

A polemical examination of United States immigration policy and its proposed social and environmental consequences, written from Frosty's perspective. This book presents his arguments about population, immigration and national policy.

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FICTION / 17

Strike Three! Take Your Base

A published sports-themed children's novel by Frosty Wooldridge. The story is situated in the world of baseball and young readers; further plot details should be confirmed against the text before a more specific description is published.

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FROSTY
WOOLDRIDGETHE MAN BEHIND THE MILES
Frosty Wooldridge smiling beside his loaded touring bicycle at the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

04 — MEET THE MAN BEHIND THE MILES

Not a tourist.
A lifelong
explorer.

Frosty Wooldridge is an author, photographer, speaker, former educator and world bicycle traveler.

His work spans outdoor adventure, personal inspiration and the remarkable people he has met along the way. Years of travel have given him something no ordinary guidebook can offer: a truly lived perspective.

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05 — SPEAKING & INSPIRATION

Live your
spectacular
life.

Find your purpose. Chase the dream. Catch it. Live it.

FEATURED PRESENTATION

Living Your Spectacular Life

How to find your purpose and your dream, pursue them, achieve them and make them part of your life. The program concludes with Frosty's photographic slide show.

SPEAKING FEE$1,000plus travel and expenses
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