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Hushed up??? Oh, Really???

BMW Club types - like me - here in the States have ALL read the late Ed Culberson's book: "Obsessions Die Hard" - his telling of his ride thru the Darien Gap on his old R80GS known as "Amigo". He was an old pharte when he did it, too.

Assuming I recall correctly, Amigo is still on display at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Metro Columbus, OH.

As for everything below Colombia being a "walk in the park" ...that pesky Uwe Krauss & Ramona Eichhorn a writin' in "RoadRunner" Mag really needs to quit publishing pictures of difficult roads down thar.

After all, you know best!

 

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What is in the water today???

If Ewan & Charlie had not had the film crew & trucks following, we would not have had "Long Way Round" - at least not such a polished product.

Another point - the whole thing had a charity aspect to it - some UN collectivist nonsense - but they ARE Euro's....so to bring in the contributions they HAD to have a polished, professional video which dictates the chase crew.

Finally, if you recall - the "chase" crew was frequently many miles away...

And, in my annoyingly Columbo'ish fashion (no oil droolin' 403 in MY driveway!!) may I not so respectfully point out that the book "Long Way Round" is not as good as the DVD. Ewan & Charlie are not at the Peter Egan level. The book was entertaining, but workmanlike at best from a style point 'O view.