Gyvenimo svajonė neišsipildė: planavo dviračiais apkeliauti pasaulį, bet tragiškai žuvo

Lauren Geoghegan ir Jay‘us Austinas įgyvendino savo svajonę – keliavo po pasaulį dviračiais. Deja, praėjusį sekmadienį Tadžikistane juos ir dar penkis dviratininkus užpuolė ir subadė ginkluoti vyrai, informuoja people.com.

L. Geoghegan tėvai patvirtino „CBS News“ kad pora (abiem po 29 m.) žuvo per išpuolį.

Fifteen minutes later, good as new. 👍 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👎 ... or not. We replaced Lauren's punctured tube with an old tube we'd been carrying, evidently with a busted valve, and it started going flat after just a few hundred meters. We stopped to change the tire again, but the valve wouldn't release enough air to get the tire off the rim. As the sun set, we found ourselves stuck with a tube too flat to ride on, but too full to take off. After a series of desperate jabs through the tire with safety pins, and underneath with a knife, we managed to create enough new punctures to get the tube adequately deflated. 🔪🗡️ We then patched the original tube (twice, as the screw had gone all the way through to the other side), blew it back up, and were on our way (in the dark) without further incident. 🙂 The defective tube was promptly tossed. 🗑️

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Atsakomybę už išpuolį prisiėmė teroristinė organizacija „Islamo valstybė“ (IS). Žuvo ir dar du turistai – olandas ir šveicaras, kiti trys dviratininkai liko gyvi.

Five months since setting out from where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic, we've finally rejoined the coast. 🌊💙 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ------- ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♂️ #biketouring #bicycletouring #biketour #bicycletour 🌍

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L. Geoghegan ir J. Austinas pradėjo savo kelionę 2017 m. Jie apvažiavo dviračiais Afriką, Europą ir Centrinę Aziją, tada pasiekė Tadžikistaną. Pora šiai kelionei skyrė visas savo santaupas. Apie kelionę jie rašė tinklaraštyje „SimplyCycling“.

🚴‍♀️ Photos of Lauren being awesome. 📸➡️

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„Metus laiko trukęs Lauren ir jos partnerio Jay‘as Austino nuotykis su dviračiais atspindėjo jai būdingą entuziazmą gyvenimo galimybėms, jos atvirumą naujiems žmonėms ir vietoms, jos norą geriau suprasti pasaulį“, – rašoma jos tėvų pranešime CBS.

Lauren works hard to keep her brakes squeak-free. 🚴‍♀️👩‍🔧💜 This photo was taken yesterday. Today, we packed up all our things, loaded them onto our bicycles, and made it all of three feet from Carole and Christian's front door before a few drops of rain scared us back inside for a third straight day of long lunches, hot tea, reading, and rest in their warm, cozy home. 🌧️☂️🏡☂️🌦️

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J. Austinas ir L. Geoghegan rašė savo tinklaraštyje, kad planuoja keliauti dviračiais „dar metus, o gal dvejus ar trejus. Tik tokiu atveju, jei tai dar džiugins“.

Every rest day is a pancakes day. 🥞🥞

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