Rebecca has been a professional athlete for over three decades and has continually tested her own limits, and shattered the glass ceiling in whatever sport she tackles. She redefined the team dynamics of adventure racing, has a first female ascent rock climbing El Capitan in Yosemite, river boarded down the Grand Canyon, and has given the men a run for their money in endurance mountain biking.
Rusch’s work extends beyond the start line as the best selling author of Rusch to Glory, event producer for Rebecca’s Private Idaho, motivational speaker, firefighter, and cycling advocate. She has raised over $100k for bike related charities through her adventures and events.
Rebecca has been a professional athlete for over three decades and has continually tested her own limits, and shattered the glass ceiling in whatever sport she tackles. She redefined the team dynamics of adventure racing, has a first female ascent rock climbing El Capitan in Yosemite, river boarded down the Grand Canyon, and has given the men a run for their money in endurance mountain biking.
Rusch’s work extends beyond the start line as the best selling author of Rusch to Glory, event producer for Rebecca’s Private Idaho, motivational speaker, firefighter, and cycling advocate. She has raised over $100k for bike related charities through her adventures and events.
Blood Road follows the journey of ultra-endurance mountain bike athlete Rebecca Rusch and her Vietnamese riding partner, Huyen Nguyen, as they pedal 1,200 miles along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail through the dense jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Their goal: to reach the crash site and final resting place of Rebecca’s father, a U.S. Air Force pilot shot down over Laos some 40 years earlier.
During this poignant voyage of self discovery, the women push their bodies to the limit while learning more about the historic ‘Blood Road’ they’re pedaling and how the Vietnam War shaped their lives in different ways.
Rebecca has been a professional athlete for over three decades and has continually tested her own limits, and shattered the glass ceiling in whatever sport she tackles. She redefined the team dynamics of adventure racing, has a first female ascent rock climbing El Capitan in Yosemite, river boarded down the Grand Canyon, and has given the men a run for their money in endurance mountain biking.
Rusch’s work extends beyond the start line as the best selling author of Rusch to Glory, event producer for Rebecca’s Private Idaho, motivational speaker, firefighter, and cycling advocate. She has raised over $100k for bike related charities through her adventures and events.
Nicholas Schrunk is an award-winning director specializing in action & adventure sports. With a formal education in biology and design, he combines reason-driven interest in science with the design principles of assembly and arrangement producing an inspiring body of work that is as technical as it is artistic. He's currently the creative director at Red Bull Media House.
During Rebecca Rusch's journey along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Rebecca witnessed the enormous threat of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) contamination that plagues much of Southeast Asia, especially Laos. Rebecca met with the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in Laos and was immediately inspired to help. In honor of her father Stephen Rusch, Rebecca is raising donations for MAG, so people may thrive and stay safe from the perils of UXOs.
To date, Rebecca's efforts have cleared 45,521.25 sq. meters, the equivalent of almost 6 soccer fields.
For more information on how to support Rebecca Rusch’s efforts, in honor of her father Stephen Rusch, visit:
ARTICLE22 was founded to be a jewelry brand with purpose. Their mission is simple, yet powerful: WEAR, SHARE, TRANSFORM. ARTICLE22 works with artisans in off-the beaten-track places to create modern heirlooms with beauty and meaning.
Rebecca teamed up with ARTICLE22 to create the 'Be Good' Story Coin Wrap and Bangle in Captain Rusch's honor. Partial proceeds from each fair trade 'Be Good' bracelet provide the funds for MAG to clear 12.5 square meters of contaminated land.
