Uphill rider... Brian McCandless takes the name of his church, Rider Lutheran, seriously.
The 20-year-old college student decided to do the round-trip ride from Pittsburgh to Tallahassee, Fla., after his doctor asked him to visit a family whose child had just received a CF diagnosis, wanting “the distraught parents to see that I have not allowed CF to control my life,” McCandless wrote at his Web site. CF affects the respiratory and digestive systems, causing people to have trouble breathing and gaining/maintaining a healthy body weight. The average life expectancy is 34. A victory bash was held at Rider in West Sunbury, Pa., the day of his return.   
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