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title: "Coast-to-Coast Ride Brings Daniel Comp to Monticello, July 2005"
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  - "On Jul 28, 2005, the Monticello (Minn.) Times reported Daniel Comp's Seattle-to-New York bicycle ride, about 30 days and 2,100 miles in."
  - "'People / Coast-to-coast ride brings biker to Monticello / by Eric O'Link'"
  - "'after 30 days and 2,100 miles, brought him through the streets of Monticello.'"
  - "'Comp has pedaled since he departed Seattle on Father's Day.'"
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# Coast-to-Coast Ride Brings Daniel Comp to Monticello, July 2005

**Claim supported:** On Jul 28, 2005, the Monticello (Minn.) Times reported Daniel Comp's Seattle-to-New York bicycle ride, about 30 days and 2,100 miles in.

[![Monticello Times, July 28, 2005: 'Coast-to-coast ride brings biker to Monticello,' with Daniel Comp beside his bicycle and flag trailer](/i/media/monticello-times-coast-to-coast-ride-daniel-comp.jpg)](/i/monticello-times-coast-to-coast-ride-daniel-comp.html)
*Coast-to-Coast Ride Brings Biker to Monticello. Image: Daniel Comp's own portfolio, photographed by Daniel.*

[![Full page 3 of the Monticello (Minn.) Times, July 28, 2005](/i/media/monticello-times-july-28-2005-page-3.jpg)](/i/monticello-times-july-28-2005-page-3.html)
*Monticello Times, July 28, 2005, Page 3. Image: Daniel Comp's own portfolio, photographed by Daniel.*

## The story
Newspaper clippings carry their own dates, and this one is a clear marker on Daniel's 2005 ride. Page 3 of the Monticello Times for Thursday, July 28, 2005, under "People," ran "Coast-to-coast ride brings biker to Monticello," by Eric O'Link.

The photo caption reads: "Daniel Comp rode through Monticello Friday en route from Seattle to New York. He reached Monticello 30 days and 2,100 miles from his starting point." The story says he left Seattle on Father's Day on a Trek 5200, with his son in Bellingham at the start. It recounts the 1979 fall of 150 feet off a Colorado glacier. It also covers the MOMtrepreneurs network he and his wife Angelina founded, and her spot on "The Apprentice."

Daniel's account is that the ride actually started in Bellingham, Washington. The paper's "Seattle" was a close-enough simplification for readers in the East, so we note it here and leave the paper's wording uncorrected.

This matches C6 on danielcomp.com's claims map, the Northern Tier ride of 2005, which already cites KARE 11 Minneapolis coverage. Daniel's account is that a network of newspapers shared the story as he rode across Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas to the East Coast. This clipping is the first one in hand.

## What the page shows
- "People / Coast-to-coast ride brings biker to Monticello / by Eric O'Link"
- "after 30 days and 2,100 miles, brought him through the streets of Monticello."
- "Comp has pedaled since he departed Seattle on Father's Day."
- "The road began in 1979, on a cold Colorado glacier… he fell 150 feet off of a glacier."
- "This summer, Comp said he thought a bike tour might present a good opportunity to 'learn how to listen again.'"
- "And so he set off on his ride across the country's northern tier, meeting people and looking for women entrepreneurs…"
- "MOMtrepreneurs.com"

## Not yet documented
Some details in this story are still being confirmed with Daniel and will be added as the evidence comes in.