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Deadhorse on Two Wheels
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
After a year of planning and preparing, the motorcycle ride to the Arctic Ocean was actually going to happen. Travel with me up through British Colombia, across the Top of the World Highway, the Yukon River, drink a Sour Toe in Dawson City, fight off panic on the highways, battle the muddy Haul Road for two days, only to reach the town of Deadhorse. A place where no one lives yet has a population of over 3000. What’s an adventure without a little blood? A little danger? A quirky little place of Chicken? And a little insight into one’s own measure.
Title: Deadhorse on Two Wheels
Author: Jan Daub is a 1970 Thunderbird graduate. He filled two tours with the Peace Corps, first in Panama and then in Colombia. He has been a self-employed real estate investor since 1985.
Publisher: Blurb (January 30, 2009)
Price: Softcover $39.95; Hardcover $54.95; Hardcover ImageWrap $59.95
Description: 130 pages
Information: http://wp01.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/545255
“Descent to Batopilas” describes a fall 2007 motorcycle journey to the bottom of Mexico’s Copper Canyon (Baranca de Cobre), which is three times larger than the Grand Canyon.
December 26, 1969: After serving two years in the Peace Corps working with remote Indian tribes in Panama, I left to return to the United States. My mode of travel was a motorcycle I had just learned how to ride. My bed, a hammock, an old army sleeping bag and two small rucksacks for my tattered clothes. Travel light and be safe. Join me on this 25-day journey of discovery, awakening, adventure, danger and of return.