Looping Gramps

I’m Jaime (Jimbo for many), the legs, brain, and heart behind Looping Gramps, a project where I’ve gathered most what I am together with what and who I love and believe in. My grandma has always lit a candle on all my adventures to symbolically take care of me. This time, I bought her the largest candle I found as a voucher for a massive one.

I’m aiming too “loop my grandma” into my life more and more so we can enjoy ourselves together in the distance and more aspects of life. For this reason, this time, I would not just give her a tracking number but I would involve her in the preparation and purpose of the ride. She has helped everyone she has had around immensely and now has this need to help on a broader scale. I always promised her that together, we would make the planet a better place and, when defining this project, we both quickly knew how: fighting against loneliness in elderly people. Giving affection to those who feel forgotten.

Murcia (Spain), the starting point and my homeland. The rest of the route is unplanned and will be guided by my heart. I will ride nonstop and unsupported until the candle goes off, pushing my body to the limits, compromising sleep, and taking certain risks. While lightened, the candle will take care of me, as it always did.

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of people over 60 worldwide experience loneliness:

According to a global study, more than a quarter of people over 60 report feeling lonely frequently, highlighting the magnitude of this problem on a global scale

Loneliness increases the risk of premature death by 26%:

A meta-analysis of studies showed that loneliness and social isolation significantly increase the risk of premature death, comparable to the risk of other known health factors such as obesity.

In Europe, approximately 30 million elderly people feel lonely regularly

This statistic reflects a widespread issue across the continent, where millions of older adults face loneliness as part of their daily lives, impacting their emotional and physical well-being

Loneliness is as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day:

Research has shown that chronic loneliness has a negative impact on health equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, underscoring the severity of this public health issue

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