BICYCLING AROUND THE WORLD: Tire Tracks For Your Imagination / Everything You Need to Know About Touring [Paperback]

Forrest Wooldridge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 2004

Nowhere in the world can you bearrested for having too much fun while riding a bicycle! Unless, of course, youread 'BICYCLING AROUND THE WORLD'! Whether you're 'flying' over 15,000 footpasses with two condors in the Andes, riding with an emuin the Australian Outback, facing a king cobra in Nepal or meeting a manwalking across America on his hands, Wooldridge carries readers into theastounding world of long distance bicycle touring. From the first chapter to thelast, you're riding on the edge of your seat with laughter and wonder. This isthe best of 26 years in the saddle. If you've never smelled the breath of agrizzly bear in camp, you will. You'll find out how he discovered the'Voluptuousness of Living'. Wooldridge meets fascinating men and women fromaround the globe that will astound and inspire you. This book mesmerizes readers withanimal stories that bring a smile to your face. It will pain your mind andheart seeing the Third World. It chills you with a once-in-a-lifetime ride in Antarcticawhere you'll meet a family of Emperor penguins. Along the way, you'll find outthat you have to go without a mirror, sometimes, in order to see yourself. Thegreatest aspect of this book comes from--expectation! Not since 'Miles From Nowhere' has a writer captured the Zen and Art ofBicycle Adventure as well as Wooldridge. Not only that, you enjoy a finalsection--'EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LONG DISTANCE TOURING'. He showsyou 'HOW TO LIVE THE DREAM'. You'll have the right bike, equipment, money andtools to ride into your own long distance touring adventures. If you likebicycling, you'll go wild reading this book. If you don't like bicycling,you'll still go wild reading this book.

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About the Author

Living in Louisville, Colorado, Frosty Wooldridge is an environmentalist, mountainclimber, triathlete, dancer, rafter, Scuba diver,board sailor, racquetball player, skier, writer and photographer. His feature articles have appeared in national and internationalmagazines including...BICYCLING, ADVENTURE CYCLIST, FREEWHEELING and many more.He is the author of 'HANDBOOK FOR TOURING BICYCLISTS'; 'STRIKE THREE! TAKE YOURBASE'; 'ANTARCTICA: AN EXTREME ENCOUNTER'; and 'INTO THE WIND'. His website is: www.frostywooldridge.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (December 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418429694
• ISBN-13: 978-1418429690
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,545,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Penguins in Antarctica....... On a bike ride??, May 27, 2005

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This review is from: BICYCLING AROUND THE WORLD: Tire Tracks For Your Imagination / Everything You Need to Know About Touring (Paperback)

Okay, you've read every bicycle adventure book on the market in the past 20 years. You've read "Pedaling to the Ends of the Earth" and "Miles from Nowhere." They carried you on long adventures.



But in "Bicycling Around the World," you're going to sweat, laugh and cry right along with Wooldridge as he takes you on the fifty best adventures that have ever happened to a long distance touring cyclist. Once you read the first episode that will startle your senses, you won't be able to stop. Each chapter draws you uncontrollably into the next adventure.



He mesmerizes readers into the astounding world of a long distance touring rider. Personally, I never expected to meet a cobra face to face, but I did in his book. I have never seen a grizzly bear, but I smelled a grizzly's breath in the first chapter. Who would have thought anyone could walk across America on his hands? You'll meet Bob Wieland in the fourth chapter and you will never forget him.



How many cyclists ride for 13 years non stop? Stan is still out there on the road as you read this review. He's living the dream. But he's not alone as the casket man rolls down the highway with his own amazing adventure. He offers secrets that few contemplate.



The raw adventure moments leave you sweating bullets, but then, Wooldridge pulls you into 15,000 foot passes where you're faced with 12 foot condors flying 30 feet off your handlebars. Is there a favorite chapter in this book? That depends! The chapter where he meets a family of penguins in Antarctica on his bicycle must take the cake as the most incredible experience anyone has ever had on a bicycle.



The subtitle to the book is, "Tire Tracks for Your Imagination." What I liked about the cover stems from the fact that he's inside the highest railroad tunnel in the world at 11,000 feet on Corona Pass in the Rocky Mountains. But it could be anyone as it's a black silhouette. It could be you. It could be me.



He even shows readers "How to Live the Dream." His special section: "Everything You Need to Know About Touring" offers sound advice that will start any novice off on the right foot.



Finally, this is one heck of a read for anyone who loves adventure. It carries readers off to six continents and six times across the United States. It inspires hope, engenders enthusiasm and optimism for the future.



Mike Machuga

Denver, Colorado