Gregg Bleakney was raised on an island in Washington State's Puget Sound. His time at the University of Oregon as an All-American track and field athlete, avid world traveler, and sports psychology major have given him a unique perspective on the spirit of human sport and its relationship with global culture and the great outdoors.

In June of 2005, looking to shed the 9 — 5 world of the corporate software industry, Gregg quit his job and reduced his life's possessions to the confines of a small storage unit. He then bicycled from Northern Alaska to the southern tip of South America to raise money to fight diabetes. Twenty-two months, 18,500 miles, 27 border crossings, $50,000 in funds raised, and 20,000 photographs later—he uploaded his final journal entry and photo set to his trip blog, toasted the completion of his journey over a glass of fine Argentinian Malbec and returned to Seattle to pursue a career in photojournalism.

Since finishing his trip in 2007, Gregg's workload kicked into high gear. His assignments include reportage of the Paris-Brest-Paris ultra-marathon bicycle randonee in France, a magazine piece on cycling the high passes of Switzerland and a coffee table book, "Postcards from the End of the World", which documents his bicycle ride through the Americas.

Check out his latest projects here.

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