Sol, Front and back Graphics finally updated.

Major disaster. Spine popped. Vehicle rolled.

There were probably a lot of dangers in flying the earliest airplanes. There are a lot of Hazards with this vehicle. Everything needs to be just right in this tremendously heavy bicycle in this very mountainous area. And this morning in a split-second things didn't go right. While trying to stuff rocks Under the wheels, because the brakes were not keeping it still while parked, one hand holding the hand brake, the other reaching desperately to place the Rocks, the hand slipped and caught the accelerator which is on the same handle. The vehicle jolted forward rolling up a steep embankment and rolled over. No one around. No help available. So over the course of several minutes James attempted to right the vehicle which was near impossible because it was trying to write it onto a steep embankment. Lifting to slide the front of the vehicle using the aluminum frame which required leaning over into the vehicle, was the only course. And it was undertaken. And then something James has never ever experienced, his lower spine popped. That was an hour ago. He is stable and functional. And quite interested to see whether he dodged the bullet.

Ignite Soul log April 16. More intentional focus on the mission.

Much distraction by the miraculous vehicle this last week or so. Getting ready for three or four months possibly of extreme climbing difficulty.

The work can't continue unless the body is sustained and healthy and placed where it needs to be. No extravagance is taking place. The bare necessities are being for seen and taken care of.

it is satisfying and gratifying to see that the effort is fulfilling the promise and the work largely behind us now.

But this preparing physical support is very distracting from the work of being a transformational soul as much as is possible.

Today required much additional distraction. But moments were found to summon to mind the goal and the one in a million Target clients. And that was helpful in terms of stirring the soul and increasing intensity.

April 16th solar RV cycling log. It's almost like a tandem, knees and feet.

It was a difficult but very productive climb tonight. 1440 calories. The Voyage included the brutal last Mile and a half of between 8 + 13% grade.

The painful investment of time in recent days to get the vehicle more prepared for such a climb really paid off. Right down to the switchable between two temperature sensors on each motor. Vehicle did not have to be stopped. Much better management. Unlike a prior a tempt where we needed to stop every third of a mile to let things cool down, no such stop was now necessary. Very satisfying and suggest that the coming months which will include this climb we are well prepared for. Wiring upgrade seem to be holding.

Another day's worth of work remains but it is non-urgent. Probably will be completed within the next week. Adding the wiring and a switch so that there can be a reverse in difficult off-road situations. Repairing the now spare transmission hub. Diagnosing the wiring problem for one of the seven solar panels. Replacing one of the transmission shifter cables.

But beyond that, but at the risk of jinxing things, we seem to be rather solid mountain goat Now.

It is difficult to be patient but patience is required as several things happen. Much time was spent in recent days making the seat more of an actual recumbent seat. Now the body must adjust.

And yesterday, two days ago, it was found that the body wants recognition of the ultimate goal which is that the gear at the feet be rotated. Of course this is the case but it has been deliberately kept out of mind, the focus at the knees instead, in an effort to keep the musculature of the feet ankles and thighs limp.

Well, throughout tonight's Journey there was an effort to keep the focus on the knees but be aware that the purpose of the thighs in the knees was to deliver Force to the feet on the pedals to turn that gear.

It opens a can of worms. The feet and calves find it really difficult not to get clever and try and do the work.

And the entire leg tries to deliver force all the way around the gear. And for world-class cyclist this may well be what they do.

But it is a degree of difficulty Way Beyond me. And it invites a really bad habit discussed last time we are the legs want to apply great force early in the outward thrust. This is probably bad practice for anyone but certainly for James.

But thankfully in the last 25% things came together. The magic last 25%. I think the body just gets so tired it says, f*** it man, here are the basics. Forget all this extra s***.

Key components that came together were yes, be aware of where your feet are because that gives you the place where Force matters. But in line with the notion of digging, when you get fatigued and particularly as things get more steep, forget the early part of the thrust, just be sure that you land for the last 20% Which means your knees feel fully extended and oh yes that is at the point where your feet have fully extended around the gear. This is promising for the future. I think this might be sustainable.

Albert Einstein paraphrase. Your soul is a sacred gift, your mind a servant. We've made the servant, master..

The measure of loving is being in unity with all of creation.

Article. American chemist to visit occupied Palestine.

https://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20190413/nobel-winner-george-smith-to-visit-palestinian-settlements

Article. “I don’t tell people what to do. If they don’t ask me questions, they’re not ready to hear the answer.”

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/apr/15/merce-cunningham-dance-centenary-pupils-recall-teacher?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1555335421

"... a critical shift in American culture — one that a handful of researchers have been tracking, with some alarm, for the past decade or so. Americans these days seem to be losing their appetite for empathy, especially the walk-a-mile-in-someone's-shoes Easter Sunday morning kind.... " netanyahu's propaganda rag needs to tell the truth sometimes, so that it can lie almost all the time.

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/15/712249664/the-end-of-empathy

"... Then, more than a decade ago, a certain suspicion of empathy started to creep in, particularly among young people. One of the first people to notice was Sara Konrath, an associate professor and researcher at Indiana University. Since the late 1960s, researchers have surveyed young people on their levels of empathy, testing their agreement with statements such as: "It's not really my problem if others are in trouble and need help" or "Before criticizing somebody I try to imagine how I would feel if I were in their place."

Konrath collected decades of studies and noticed a very obvious pattern. Starting around 2000, the line starts to slide. More students say it's not their problem to help people in trouble, not their job to see the world from someone else's perspective. By 2009, on all the standard measures, Konrath found, young people on average measure 40 percent less empathetic than my own generation — 40 percent!..."

But certainly I'm not endorsing their description of the book which I have not read. Much of it sounds incredibly horrible.