Journey’s End

Published 12:00 am Thursday, June 22, 2000

Dirk Homeier of Tupelo gets showered with water and confetti Wednesday by his father, Chris Homeier, and friend, Matt Robinson (foreground), after breaking the world record by biking 442 miles non-stop from Nashville, Tenn., down the entire Natchez Trace. Homeier, who ended his two-day journey in Natchez, raised $2,000 in pledges by biking for Young Life, a National Christian Youth Organization.

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