Calgary team completes rickshaw run across India [Video]

A Calgary couple has officially completed a 3,500-kilometre journey on a three-wheeled rickshaw across India, battling congested cities, water-logged streets and uneven roads in an effort to raise funds for local youth bicycle programs.

Heather Wicksted and Matthew Daw are travel junkies known for getting out of their comfort zones and raising awareness about causes they care about through their online blog, Reason2Roam.

The pair’s latest adventure saw them participate in Rickshaw Run India from April 6 to 20, setting off in a small-gas powered rickshaw from Shillong in the country’s north all the way down south to Fort Kochi.

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Funds were raised along the way for Two Wheel View, a non-profit that operates bicycle programs for Calgary youth.

Daw said having …