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Here is the link to an interview conducted by Christina Nitschmann, founder of Savvy Business Radio and published by her on November7, 2018

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VjCMNk4ueHW_ihZIR7NyVdW-a9ANNj4q/view

Mark “Hawkeye” Lewis, a longtime radio host in the Dallas / Ft. Worth market area feature Jerry Holl in a recent podcast in Hawkeye’s program “Tarvel With Hawkeye”.  Following are the links to the podcast.  Jerry’s segment starts at the 8:25 mark following Al Roker – a longtime Today Show host.

Link:  https://omny.fm/shows/travel-with-hawkeye/episode-69-the-todays-show-al-roker-discusses-his

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Travel With Hawkeye is a multimedia travelogue featuring longtime Dallas morning radio host Mark “Hawkeye” Louis (96.3 KSCS) and his tales from a lifetime of travel and adventure.

The podcast and broadcast segments features a variety of celebrity guests, noted travel authors and a number of Hawkeye’s travel companions. The topics range from Henry Winkler’s tales of fly fishing in New Zealand to Hawkeye’s stories of misadventure and naivety.

The Blog and Social Media posts report on his latest adventures. Travel With Hawkeye not only discusses incredible destinations, travel bargains and tips, it also shares the excitement and fun of travel.

I’m honored and pleased to announce that “Downhills Don’t Come Free“ has been recognized with yet another prestigious award – The 2018 IPPY Award Bronze Medal for independent publishers in the Sports / Fitness / Recreation category.  The award is described below from the IPPY Awards website.

Each year since 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards competition has identified a reading list of progressive, thought-provoking books, the kind that can touch lives, advance careers, and stretch our imaginations. With the tag line, “Recognizing Excellence in Independent Publishing,” the IPPY Awards showcase the best books from throughout North America and the English-speaking world. Launched as the first unaffiliated awards program open exclusively to independent, university, and self-published titles, the awards are presented each spring at a gala ceremony during the BookExpo America convention in New York. Winners receive gold, silver and bronze medals and foil seals for their book covers. The IPPY Awards are presented by publishing services firm Jenkins Group of Traverse City, Michigan and IndependentPublisher.com, “the online voice of independent publishing.”

For more details about the IPPY Awards, please contact: Jim Barnes, Managing Editor & Awards Director IndependentPublisher.com / Jenkins Group Ph: 1.800.644.0133 x 1011 / jimb@bookpublishing.com.

Attach is the web link of a full interview Darren Wolfson, a reporter with KSTP TV, Channel 5 – Minneapolis / St. Paul area affiliate did with Jerry Holl on Feb 21, 2018 – relating Jerry’s Alaska to Mexico solo cycling journey to his son, Justin Holl, getting called up to the NHL to play in his first 2 NHL games.  Justin went on to score in each of those games.

https://kstp.com/news/justin-holl-dad-jerry-minnetonka-gophers-maple-leafs/4798151/?cat=81

Point #23 in Elliotte Friedman’s piece in Sportsnet dated February 7, 2018

23. Downloaded Downhills Don’t Come Free, written by Jerry Holl. It’s a fun read about the author, a husband and father who quit his job in May 2012 to cycle from Alaska to Mexico. At the time, son Justin was 20, a Blackhawks’ draftee finishing his sophomore year at the University of Minnesota. Last week, almost six years after the life-changing experience, Jerry watched Justin score in the latter’s first and second NHL games.

Holl, an emergency call-up, went back to AHL Toronto when the Maple Leafs got healthy, but graciously answered a couple of texted questions about his father’s experience through a team spokesman. First, how much did Jerry’s decision to quit his job and live a dream influence your own route?

“It definitely had an impact on me,” he wrote. “Mostly just the general theme of you can do way more than you think, and if you want to do something, just go out and do it.”

I followed by asking what his favourite part of his father’s journey was, and he referred to a bike crash late in the story. “Again, it’s the theme of no matter how strong you are, how well-prepared you are, things always have the potential to go wrong, but you have to ask yourself is it a big thing or a little thing? Overall, most of the problems you have in life are little things.” Great advice, and a highly recommended read.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/31-thoughts-trying-remedy-nhls-goalie-interference-controversy/

The famous and prestigious Warwick’s Bookstore in La Jolla, California hosted Jerry Holl in a book signing event for his award winning book, Downhills Don’t Come Free, on January 21, 2018.  Warwick’s routinely features notable or world famous authors.

Adventure Cycling’s Association is a 60,000+ member association dedicated to bicycle travel throughout the world.  They have added Downhills Don’t Come Free to their 2018 Spring / Summer catalogue. The link is:

https://www.adventurecycling.org/cyclosource-store/search-results/sp/downhills-dont-come-free-one-mans-bike-ride-from-alaska-to-mexico/