this pic was dated sept. 1966. to the best of my memory that would have been on granny's farm in clark co. ky. to the rear on the left is don, in front of him is mike. leaning on the rickshaw is danny. sitting in the rickshaw is roger on the left and me on the right. gerald was most likely in a time out. granny got this rickshaw in winchester, it's the only one i have ever ridden in. probably the only one i ever saw in person. walking is a hillbilly's most common form of conveyance. as you can see this is a pretty spindly bunch of younguns. not exactly bred from good rickshaw pulling stock. anyhow roger and i were the youngest and smallest, we had to work as a team to pull the others. mike on the other hand could pull that thing pretty good with both roger and myself in it. i think he got some oriental genes somehow, small in stature with better than average pulling capability. his specialty was what he called bubba lou's death ride. we would sit in that thing and he would take off and go as fast as he could go, making sure to hit every hole, exposed tree root and bump while zig-zagging like a crazy person trying to dislodge us from the ride. it was quite a lot of fun for us, but mike had some endurance issues and would usually quit before we were tired of riding. it was great fun but we never felt like imminent death was upon us. hype is sooo old school. looking back on it now i have to wonder what passers by must of thought in 1966 rural clark co. seeing this this boy pulling a rickshaw like a total nut job with two little kids in the back. also looking back one has to realize that the rickshaw is the ultimate in totally green transportation. so keep it green folks, i've been doing it all my life and look how well i turned out........
