- Taschenbuch: 260 Seiten
- Verlag: Whitehorse Press; Auflage: Reprint (1. August 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 188431306X
- ISBN-13: 978-1884313066
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,4 x 14 x 1,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.401.181 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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This book chronicles Culberson's determination to fulfil his fascination with the Pan American Highway System, which runs the length of North and South America. Culberson wanted to ride his motorcycle along the Pan American Highway's entire route between Alaska and Argentina, but in eastern Panama and western Colombia's Darien region the road is broken by an 80-mile gap filled with jungles, rain forests, rivers, and swamps, forcing travellers to detour around it by boat or plane. The area is so inhospitable and unexplored that a myth about its impenetrability has evolved over the centuries, and a curse aimed at Darien trespassers shrouds the region. But the Darien Gap, known as "el tapon del Darien" -- the Stopper, didn't stop Culberson's dream. It turned it into an obsession.
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I think this is a story that an adventurist will find gripping, he showed that life is about taking risks and living it to the fullest!
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For the die-hard motorcycling adventurer.
5. November 1997
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This book definitely is not for the average reader, or traveler. It is an account of one man's life-long obsession to ride a motorcycle through the most impenetrable land mass on the face of the planet. If you have no interest in what endurance motorcycle riders call "adventure touring," skip Mr. Culberson's book. But if you ride, and sometimes ride hard and long, or off-road, and have wondered what it might be like to ride where no man has gone before, you will find this both a riveting adventure story and a practical guide to this exotic and dangerous sport. I myself am a motorcycle adventurer (though definitely not of Ed's stature), author, editor and former friend of Ed Culberson. Ed passed away recently, and the bike he made this monumental journey on, a BMW GS he named "Amigo," now sits in a place of honor in the museum at the BMW manufacturing plant in Greenville, South Carolina. His account of his two-wheeled adventures have inspired many other motorcyclists to follow their dreams, and a national award for the betterment of the sport of motorcycling has been renamed the Ed Culberson Memorial Award in his honor.
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Crossing the Gap
7. Dezember 2011
Von Pat Loughery
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Ed Culberson rode (and dragged, and winched) his BMW motorcycle through the 80-mile gap between Panama and Columbia to prove that it could be done. It's a modern tale of heroism and adventure. There's no fluff here, just meat and power and a beautiful tale of courage.
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A great book that makes you feel like you are with him!
20. November 1999
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I think this is a story that an adventurist will find gripping, he showed that life is about taking risks and living it to the fullest!
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