A Pioneer of Long-distance Bike Travel Died…
I’ve watched most of Iohan’s 40 videos. He was inspirational. I always liked his soft voice, and his cheery disposition when faced with technical problems, or bears, or extreme weather, or any other obstacle. Iohan suffered from sleep apnea. His body kept on waking him up in the night because he couldn’t breathe. Sleep deprivation robbed him of his mental health.
The takeaway lesson for me is to manage my sleep better. For too many years I did stupid things like pulling an all-nighters for work. Your body requires its circadian rhythms. So I guess it’s important to take my melatonin drugs on time every night. Perhaps I need to think about getting to bed at a sensible hour every night?
When I do go bikepacking I will need to stick to the discipline of only riding during the daytime, and stopping to camp before dark.