Cycling for Cancer Survival Support: Seeking Mentorship from Margin
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https://doi.org/10.3126/irjmmc.v7i1.93082Keywords:
adventure cycling, cancer survivors, collective, contribution, subaltern publicsAbstract
This paper explores lived experiences of “Ride to Life: Cycling for Cancer Survival Support” participants and supporters seeking dynamics of mentorship from the margin. Based on grey literature, narrative inquiry, and autoethnographic reflection, it first commences how “ride to life” campaign emanated and sustained collectively from subaltern public sphere. Second, it investigates how the lead riders, cancer survivors, and supportive riders from the bottom adopted resilience during eighteen hundred kilometer cycling across Nepal’s East-west Mid-hill High-way. Finally, it analyzes the stories they generated sharing insights supportive to handle hindrance, overcame precarity, and retrieve resilience to adventure cycling future for cause in Nepal.
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