21 Days Under The Sky

[Ulvetanna_imp]

I guess I was wondering to whom you were referring when you said "but I see how riders with somewhat less than half a million miles of riding might find it "light entertainment"

OK well, it's not just the miles, it's the years. Miles? I am referring to me but I stopped counting years ago. I live where the riding season is 12 months a year and it starts to add up. But to me, an old guy, it just looks like a gimmick to some degree. Like, "let's see how hard we can make this on ourselves, but we really won't be in any danger because we got a film crew and phones and wireless and satellites and stuff, GPS and all that jazz." Sort of like Ewan MacGregor with all those chase trucks and stuff.

But again let me be clear, I am not a killjoy and the last thing I'd ever want to see is someone try to take away another guy's sense of adventure, as long as he ain't doing anything to put other folks in danger.

My son got me Helge bookk for Christmas one year. Those world traveller type dudes are seriously tough mentally. BMW break down in the middle of the Peruvian jungle? Ahhh no big deal lol

The guy is a nut, certifiably but in a good way. I met him at an annual bike show, no one knew who he was then. He autographed my copy of the book, a very, very cool dude. I like the passage where he bagged on the BMW high-mileage guys ("Adventure Bike" was not even a term then) for leaving all the smashed bugs on their windscreens as a badge of honor.

Of course, these days, he is all dialed in with an off-road "Adventure Touring" school and such. And much, much grayer but a big smile on his face.