One More Day Everywhere: Crossing 50 Borders on the Road to Global Understanding

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In 2001, martial arts trained biker Glen Heggstad began a journey from California to the tip of South America on his motorcycle and made it as far as Colombia, where he was kidnapped by local rebels and held captive Undeterred by than a month of traumatic incarceration, the Striking Viking finished his trip after being released Three years later he set out into the world on his bike again, this time searching for truth on his own terms in a world that had become strangled by a climate of fear Starting his trip in Japan, he traveled through Siberia, Mongolia, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia, and Africa, stopping in than 30 countries to deliver his message of the real United States, as he knew it Unique stories and gritty adventure fill this quest for new sights and insights amongst extreme temperatures, knee deep mud, bureaucratic roadblocks, health problems, and loneliness. New Download One More Day Everywhere: Crossing 50 Borders on the Road to Global Understanding [ Author ] Glen Heggstad [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This is a long book about a Californian s year and a half motorcycle trip through 50 countries across the globe.I didn t like a couple of things his writing skills were one Most of the time his writing is fine but every so often, things fall apart grammatically It s confusing and annoying.There were also his sexual encounters, real and otherwise There aren t a lot of these related and perhaps he should get high marks for his candor, but still, I just wasn t thrilled to read the fairly This is a long book about a Californian s year and a half motorcycle trip through 50 countries across the globe.I didn t like a couple of things his writing skills were one Most of the time his writing is fine but every so often, things fall apart grammatically It s confusing and annoying.There were also his sexual encounters, real and otherwise There aren t a lot of these related and perhaps he should get high marks for his candor, but still, I just wasn t thrilled to read the fairly graphic accounts of his lusts The book had a lotto say about the mechanics of motorcycle riding and the technicalities of trying to get one across international borders This alone would discourage most people from attempting even a fraction of what the author did When you add to this the his almost obsessive drive to go incredible d...The other day I noticed an old Honda CB175 blown over in the fierce Boston winds we ve been having Courtney and I stopped an lifted it back up This is because biking is a brotherhood, etc., and it was of course my duty to help another biker or bike in need As Glen Heggstad says in perhaps the finest sentence in his book Motorcyclists greet motorcyclists on motorcycles So it pains me to give two stars to a motorcyclist s book, but the rest of his sentences were farconvoluted Glen The other day I noticed an old Honda CB175 blown over in the fierce Boston winds we ve been having Courtney and I stopped an lifted it back up This is because biking is a brotherhood, etc., and it was of course my duty to help another biker or bike in need As Glen Heggstad says in perhaps the finest sentence in his book Motorcyclists greet motorcyclists on motorcycles So it pains me to give two stars to a motorcyclist s book, but the rest of hi...4 stars for taking us along on this epic journey Kudos for taking that on Writing could have been tightened a bit with an additional edit or two Though I appreciated his easy candor and frank demeanor througho...Glen Heggstad first come to the attention of the motorcycling community at large with his book Two Wheels Through Terror Quite honestly, I have not read that book the reviews made it soundlike an everyman meets the terror machine book than a motorcycling adventure However, when Heggstad published One More Day Everywhere, it soundedup my alley So, I purchased it to read over the Christmas holiday season during my travels I wasn t wrong, and it was quite an interesting read Glen Heggstad first come to the attention of the motorcycling community at large with his book Two Wheels Through Terror Quite honestly, I have not read that book the reviews made it soundlike an everyman meets the terror machine book than a motorcycling adventure However, when Heggstad published One More Day Everywhere, it soundedup my alley So, I purchased it to read over the Christmas holiday season during my travels I wasn t wrong, and it was quite an interesting read Following his experience as a kidnapping victim of South American terrorists, Heggstad was determined to demonstrate through his own experiences that most people are good hearted and welcoming to strangers, no matter where in the world they are So, he embarked on a 55,000 mile trip from Siberia to Africa, via the Middle East...I almost put this book down after the first 75 pages I m really glad I didn t I read Two Wheels Through Terror and loved it, so I figured this would beof the same It s not It s just as good, but you have to wait for it At first it seemed like the book was going to be about Glen vice about the journey there was a lot of stuff about him, his martial arts, his girlfriends, etc, etc That nearly turned it off for me I put it down for a few weeks and came back to it As the book I almost put this book down after the first 75 pages I m really glad I didn t I read Two Wheels Through Terror and loved it, so I figured this would beof the same It s not It s just as good, but you have to wait for it At first it seemed like the book was going to be about Glen vice about the journey there was a lot of stuff about him, his martial arts, his girlfriends, etc, etc That nearly turned it off for me I put it down for a few weeks and came back to it As the book continues it becomes an epic adventure although it felt like a long book, it wasn t tedious to read He does a good job...I think we all need a littleof Heggstad s attitude as our world becomesglobal I found this book inspiring because it wasn t only a kick ass ride around the world, Heggstad s previous experience with terrorists, which could have set him up to be overly wary and hateful really drove him to want to meet new people and experience new things He deliberately only focused on the positive parts of his adventure, and I applaud him for that decision If we want to see negative press about I think we all need a littleof Heggstad s attitude as our world becomesglobal I found this book inspiring because it wasn t only a kick ass ride around the world, Heggstad s previous experience with terrorists, which could have set him up to be overly wary and hateful really drove him to want to meet new people and experience new t...I enjoy a good travel log, and this one kept me entertained It left me pondering the state of our world and wondering how I could help improve it However I did question the sanity of the writer from time to time, and wondered what the intended point of his wanderings wer...I found Glen Heggstad s book, One More Day Everywhere, to be a wonder filled adventure And not just the adventure of traveling the world on a motorcycle, but the adventure and wonder of first hand meetings with humans all around our common planet Glen s writing style had ...I really enjoyed Glen s account of his world wander by Motorcycle Sharing his experiences and perceptions the account is compelling.As he writes it s apparent that paradise exists in our own heads, a reflection I heartily agree with.As a read this book it was hard not to want to sell every thing I owned buy a bike and head out in to sun and wind I really like glen s view I seeing the world and meeting people and telling them he was there to meet them and learn was always fresh to me.

One More Day Everywhere: Crossing 50 Borders on the Road to Global Understanding
  • English
  • 01 November 2019
  • Paperback
  • 422 pages
  • 155022882X
  • Glen Heggstad
  • One More Day Everywhere: Crossing 50 Borders on the Road to Global Understanding