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Great story

Overall
5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-27-23

I preface this by saying I’ve ridden motorcycles all my life, and at 68 own three and still ride several times a week. While I’ve never had a desire to ride around the world, I can relate to her experiences of sudden mishaps, terrible weather and so on.

This is a great tale, but I would remind potential readers that she was a kid when she did this on sort of a whim. That said, her planning was meticulous, and she learned her bike and apparently took the tools and parts that could reasonably be expected to be needed on such a long and dangerous journey. I would have liked to hear more about this aspect of her planning.

She was certainly resourceful. She was very brave to do this, and it’s sad her parents didn’t appreciate the amount of courage it took to do this.

I recommend this book to any serious motorcycle enthusiast, or anyone curious about what is involved with riding around the world on two wheels and a strict budget.

Of course times have changed and it’s probably impossible to ride through the Middle East, but that fact makes it all the more interesting that it was possible in 1982.

She also seems to have some long term problems based on her upbringing, but that’s all part of the story.

Give it a listen. It’s worth the time.

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