The Striking Viking

If you’re a motorcycle touring enthusiast or just simply love the romantic idea of traveling solo by motorcycle through foreign lands, meeting new people and experiencing life on their terms then you’ll love this book – One More Day Everywhere: Crossing 50 Borders on the Road to Global Understanding. I recently discovered Glen Heggstad, a former Hells Angels member and martial arts champion who decided to pick up and tour the world on a 650cc BMW Dakar.

I really enjoyed his book and find his writing style very lucid and fluid. He seems very genuinely concerned about the preconceived notions that people develop through the media. He set out on his latest journey with the intentions of meeting the inhabitants of earth face-to-face, look them in the eye, and shake their hand. He proves that although governments don’t get along, people do.

Glen’s odyssey took 2 years and 80,000 kms to complete and takes him from Vladivostok on the edge of the Russian Far East to the heart of Africa and back to California and just about everywhere in between. A well documented trip with lots of detail and some hairy moments. A definite must for the adventure travel enthusiast. Check out his web site and follow some of his other pursuits.

The Striking Viking