If you haven't been turned onto the TV show / documentary titled "Long Way Round", then you need to find it. It's the story of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman as they ride motorcycles literally around the world. Their challenge is to bike 20,000-miles, cross 12 countries and 19 time zones in just 115 days. Riding their BMW GS R1200s, they crossed Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia to ride the Road of Bones through Siberia, over to Alaska, through Canada, North America and finished in New York. This experience is the quintessential essence of the Brotherhood of One--to ride, to experience.
In looking up the show on the web, http://longwayround.com/ I discovered that there is another journey that I must see. To quote the site, "After the epic Long Way Round journey, Ewan and Charley decided to ride 15,000 - miles the Long Way Down from John O'Groats, Scotland to the Southern most tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas and then on to Cape Town."
Hats off to this team for doing what we all wish we could do.
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