Thursday 19 April 2012

Bicycle Day - The original LSD ride

Its "Bicycle Day" - The original LSD ride! This has nothing to do with Long, Slow Distance training favoured by endurance athletes, but lysergic acid diethylamide which was discovered in Basel. On this day 1943 Albert Hoffman took the first trip in the surrounding hills, and it is a minor custom to cycle the route and recreate the journey. But its difficult to know the exact path, if he even knew it himself.



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