If you spot Oscar Lang along his journey, give him a wave.
The 27-year-old is riding his mountain bike from Deadhorse, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina as a fundraiser for the , a that works with Indigenous communities to protect the Amazon rainforest.
His t-shirt gives away his motivation for the trip.
It has pictures of trees and says, "Respect Your Elders."
"The Amazon is the biggest rainforest we have on Earth," he said. "So anything that happens there ends up having an effect on the entire planet. So it just makes sense. And it's also in the Americas. I wanted to fundraise for something on the continent I'm cycling on."
All of what he raises will go to the organization. He is self-funding his trip expenses from his savings.
He has had a variety of jobs, most recently as a wildland firefighter in the north.
He could afford the trip by being frugal, he said.
He wild camps and finds places to stay with other bikers on the app.
He started his ride from Alaska on June 26 and stayed overnight in Squamish on Aug. 25.
In early August, he spent a week within the pipeline.
"I got to see the pipeline and the river they want to go under," he said, adding he went through an application process to be allowed to stay there.
"It was super nice. Great people."
He anticipates the whole trip will take 18 months.
A native of France, Lang is tackling the roughly 25,000-kilometre trip without a sponsor or team support.
He tries to travel along trails rather than roads whenever possible.
So far, he has maintained the original front tire of his bike and changed the back twice already.
Along the way, wildlife has kept him company.
Everything from muskox to Arctic fox to caribou to grizzly bears — black bears, obviously.
“I think I saw my biggest grizzly bear in the Chilcotin mountains," he said.
He is now headed through North Vancouver, to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»and on to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Island before crossing into the U.S.
Find his campaign, "," on .
You can follow his trip on Instagram .
