Ian's Ride: A Long-Distance Journey to Joy

Polinsky, Karen, Mackay, Ian

ISBN 10: 1680517422 / ISBN 13: 9781680517422

Published by Mountaineers Books, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ian's Ride: A Long-Distance Journey to Joy
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1680517422
• ISBN 13: 9781680517422
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

While studying as a biology undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, Ian Mackay crashed his bike into a tree on campus. Paralyzed from the shoulders down, Mackay adapted to his new life with the help of his dedicated family, particularly his mother, Teena Woodward, and a group of quirky friends. After years of despair, and against all odds, he became an inspiring leader, an innovator with Apple, and a world-record-breaking athlete. In this intimate biography based on more than one hundred hours of interviews, journal entries, and more, writer Karen Polinsky recounts Ian's accident and determined recovery, in which he discovered the healing power of nature and community.

Ian’s Ride is both a personal journey and an adventure quest for nature lovers, endurance athletes, and anyone struggling with a life-changing loss or diagnosis. This deeply moving true story examines how we exist in our bodies, adapt to and overcome adversity, and what it means to push our limits.

About the Author

KAREN POLINSKY is a former journalist and high school teacher and currently a novelist and playwright living in Portland, Oregon. Her first book, Dungeness, like Ian’s Ride is set on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. She’s written more than a dozen staged plays. She enjoys camping and biking and hiking with her husband Michael and her border collie Pearl.