๐A๐ƒL๐€N๐ƒS B๐˜ ๐I๐‚Y๐‚L๐„ The baddest bike trek on the planet is inspiration for Pelican documentary film maker, athlete

by Louis Hoglund
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With a Badlands backdrop, filmmaker-athlete John Peter, right, with his able assistant Aaron Haugen. Donโ€™t let the โ€œHawley Nuggetsโ€ sweatshirt fool you. Haugen is an educator at the Hawley public schools, but heโ€™s a Pelican guy at heart, graduating in 2008. Peter is a 2001 Pelican grad who returned to his hometown to teach and coach. The pair filmed the 2023 Maah Daah Hey race.


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