- Taschenbuch: 288 Seiten
- Verlag: Vintage; Auflage: Vintage Departu. (3. März 1992)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0394758374
- ISBN-13: 978-0394758374
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,3 x 1,6 x 20,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.7 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (13 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 658.463 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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If you define "adventure travel" as anything that's more fun to read about than to live through, then Tim Cahill's Road Fever is the adventure of a lifetime. Along with professional long-distance driver Garry Sowerby, Cahill drove 15,000 miles from the southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego to the northernmost terminus of the Dalton Highway in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, from one end of the world to another, in a record-breaking 23 1/2 days. Just like the authors' camper-shelled GMC Sierra truck, the narrative bounces along at a relentless pace. Along the way Cahill and Sowerby cope with mood swings, engine trouble, Andean cliffs, obstinate bureaucracies, slick highways, armed and uncomprehending soldiery (not to mention the challenges of securing O.P.M., or Other People's Money--the sine qua non of adventure, Cahill observes). Author of such off-the-wall travelogues as Pass the Butterworms and Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, Cahill is equipped with the correct amalgam of chutzpah and dementia to survive what can only be called "The Road Trip From Hell." Readers, however, will thoroughly enjoy themselves.
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This is a hip, rather self-indulgent, yet ultimately triumphant account of an attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Re cords time for a road trip from the tip of South America to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Cahill and endurance driver Gary Sowerby spent 23 days piloting a truck while battling customs snafus, mechanical problems, bad roads, civil rebellions, terrorists, bandits, the vagaries of weather, their own anxieties and mood swings, and physical exhaustion, with grit and bluff, sporting lapel pins and consuming donated four-month shelf-life milkshake packages. For all the comic-opera aspects of the text, Cahill is an informed, serious commentator on the history and prospects of the countries through which they pass. Readers familiar with Cahill's alternate lifestyle point of view will know what they are getting into. Fans of his contributions to Outside and Rolling Stone , and of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh ( LJ 10/1/87) and A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg ( LJ 2/15/89) will grab his newest work. For others, expect a treat.
- Libby K. White, Sche nectady Cty. P.L., N.Y.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Libby K. White, Sche nectady Cty. P.L., N.Y.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Cahill, a fellow who does interesting things and writes about them for a living, went with Garry Sowerby of Canada on an endurance driving trip from Ushuaia in southern Argentina to Deadhorse, Alaska; this is the story.
Where Cahill succeeds most here is in descriptive talent. From his conflicts with Sowerby to the smells of the inside of the vehicle to the terrain around him to the encounters with customs officials of a dozen nations, he never fails to paint a credible and interesting picture. Tim has always been good about telling the story even if it makes him look foolish, and this sense of literary integrity is strong here.
The only thing I felt a little shorted by was the virtual lack of any description of any activity between the US/Mexican border and Fairbanks. I can imagine them blazing across the US and Canada up to the Alcan in a day with no trouble, and maybe not much happened, but the real Alcan gets more interesting as you get into the Yukon and beyond; it seems it was glossed over. If I had a half-star markdown I might use it, but it wouldn't be fair to Cahill to mark him down a whole star on what is otherwise a great book--maybe not much really happened, which would explain why not much is said.
Recommended for adventure travel lovers, particularly those focused on South America.
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I've always loved Tim Cahill, but I REALLY loved this book. I'm planning an epic road trip myself, and for a while was wondering what gave me the idea to do this -- then realized it was from reading about the moment Cahill's mind snapped and he and his partner "went roto" in Peru. Don't be surprised if you too also want to go "full-tilt roto" and hit the road.
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The story of this great journey by Garry Sowerby and Tim Cahill in driving from the tip of South America to Alaska in 23 1/2 days is told with such humour that any reader will be laughing out loud as they read about their adventures on they way to setting a World Record for this journey. The drive at times is very dangerous as they cope with so many different countries and political regimes on their trip south to north but their spirit and humour keeps them going as they go 'roto' and even catch 'Zippy's' disease along the way.
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I AM NOT MAN, I AM ROTO
LOVED THIS, GAVE IT TO MY FRIENDS THEY LOVED IT. ONE EVEN GAVE ME A CAP THAT READS 'I AM NOT MAN, I AM ROTO' - CURIOUS, THEN READ THIS BOOK, IT'S A WINNER. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Januar 2000 von John Loubser
One of my all-time favorite books
The book combines travel, places I've been, places I know well, and places I want to visit. The author mentions unusual landmarks that surprise me when I realize I've been to the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
I couldn't stop laughing!
I have read every one of Tim Cahill's books, and have given my husband and friends the books to read as well. They are funny, scary sometimes, but always entertaining. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. August 1999 veröffentlicht
WE ARE NOT SOUTH AFRICANS WE ARE ROTO
BESTEST, FUNNIEST, MOST MAGNIFICENT TRAVEL BOOK EVER.... NOW IF MY FRIENDS WOULD JUST GIVE IT BACK, SO I CAN READ IT AGAIN............
Am 27. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Don't Try This at Home
Tim Cahill is one of my favorite writers--he manages to be funny and touching at just the right moments. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Where's Furry Fury?
A wonderful telling of how two roto documentaros travel from the tip of Tierra del Fuego to the North Coast of Alaska while battling time, the elements, gasoline bandits, leftist... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Juni 1999 von Edward Roberts
The Ultimate Road Trip
I'd read one other Tim Cahill book before this, and I didn't like it one bit. However, the jacket to this caught my attention long enough to skim the flaps, where the concept... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. April 1999 von A. Ross
The Roto Warriors attack the Pan-American Highway.
Hunter S. Thompson may be Gonzo, but Garry Sowerby and Tim Cahill are Roto.
Sowerby and Cahill run a GMC pick-up from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay in twenty three and a... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. Juli 1998 von Kevin Mellema (kmellema@hotmail.com)
It makes your own travel Hell's look harmless by comparison.
Cahill is a perceptive master of travel Hell. He finds the most interesting and obsurdly unique adventures and makes you feel like your in the back seat riding along with a map... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
Fear and Loathing In Latin America
What Hunter S. Thompson did for Las Vegas, Tim Cahill has
done for South and Central America... Lesen Sie weiter...
done for South and Central America... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. Juli 1996 veröffentlicht
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