The longest road
Subtitle: an Irish pan-American cycling adventure
By: Ben Cunningham
Publisher: Ulverscroft
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781444820003
Subjects: Travel; Pan American Highway System; Bicycle touring; Large type books; Description and travel
Description: In June 2008, Ben Cunningham and five friends set out to cycle from Alaska to Argentina on the Pan-American Highway, the world's longest continuous land route. Along the way they encountered the kindness of strangers, run-ins with the law, and sometimes gangsters. In Ireland, the expedition generated national interest, aiming to complete the journey in nine months and raise money for charity. It was the first Irish attempt at a cycling challenge of this distance and duration - a task that was as simple as it was brutal ...
Notes: Originally published: Cork: The Collins Press, 2013.
Table of contents: title: Alaska; title: Canada; title: USA; title: Mexico; title: Guatemala; title: El Salvador; title: Nicaragua; title: Costa Rica; title: Panama; title: Colombia; title: Peru; title: Chile; title: Argentina.