{"id":2923,"date":"2022-03-10T09:37:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T08:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heroes-world.de\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T10:05:34","slug":"our-dream-is-30-000-kilometers-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heroes-world.de\/en\/blog\/2022\/03\/10\/our-dream-is-30-000-kilometers-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Our dream is 30,000 kilometers long"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_custom_heading text=”From Alaska to Tierra del Fuego on a Harley” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22font-weight%22%3A%22700%22%7D%7D”]

30,000 kilometers, 17 countries, 119 latitudes \u2013 one road: the Pan-American Highway is undoubtedly one of the world\u2019s most fascinating routes. It runs from Anchorage in Alaska all the way to Ushuaia at Argentina\u2019s southern tip. Five friends from Hamburg made a dream come true when they hit the road. But not just any which way. “Anyone can do it on a comfortable enduro bike,” said Heico Forster, who has turned the group\u2019s adventure into a fascinating book project<\/a>. Navigating deserts, jungles and narrow mountain passes on highway-compatible Harleys, on the other hand, is a different beast altogether.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Heico<\/div><\/div>

Late August is a good time to travel in Alaska. The mosquitoes have all gone and there\u2019s plenty of time left until the first frost. “It\u2019s lunchtime,” Heico noted in his diary. The sky looks almost as expected: rain is falling from low-hanging clouds. The airport is only a few miles away from 4334 Spenard Road, the headquarters of Harley Davidson, Anchorage. The manager welcomes the German adventurers as if they were old friends. \u201cNo wonder, after 50 emails, faxes, phone calls and a total of USD 70,000 in sales,\u201d recalled the designer and author from Hamburg, who has already produced exciting reports and illustrious graphics for the likes of Stern, GEO, Amica, National Geographic, Max and FREEMEN\u2019S WORLD.<\/p>\n

“Hey guys, have a look,” the Harley Davidson manager called out as he showed his impatient guests around his store: “Your machines are over there!” Registered, insured, with a full tank and cleaner and more beautiful than they would ever be again. One more night in Anchorage, a Happy Landing beer at the hotel bar and a juicy steak at Sullivan\u2019s around the corner before the group hits the road in the morning. “Half the world lies ahead of us. May the adventure begin,” Heico wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Serpentinen\"<\/div><\/div>

The legend<\/h3>\n

Back in the day, the flower power generation followed the legendary route south in their VW Beetles or campers. The idols of the hippie generation followed the road to freedom in their converted omnibuses, and motorcycle enthusiasts have always admired it as the ultimate biking adventure. A road spanning half the globe, crossing deserts, ice, swamps and mountains on its way. Beautiful. Exhausting. A real challenge that serves up the world\u2019s fascinating nature in its entirety on one single road. Spending 30,000 kilometers cruising on asphalt, bumping along gravel, splashing through puddles in the rainforest, getting stuck in hot sand and making tire tracks in fresh snow. Seeing the world in the daytime, enjoying a cold beer in the evening, and spending the night in a cheap motel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Motorrad<\/div><\/div>

Much like Enid Blyton\u2019s “Famous Five”, the friends spent their childhood having adventures together and dreaming of the legendary route together. Detlef, Tom, Peter, Tommy and Heico spent hours upon hours absorbed in colorful comics about the famous Carrera Panamericana race and simply could not get enough of it. They already knew back then that they wanted to travel the Pan-American Highway. From north to south, sometime, somehow. Their dream had to wait for several decades. On tours of Namibia, Laos, Uruguay and India, the guys had their first travel experiences in preparation for the adventure of a lifetime. It took them ten years, summer after summer, no trips shorter than fourteen days at a time \u2013 cast adrift from time and space, they lived and shaped their dream “until it became a source of pure joy that would satisfy any longing”. They were finally ready for the road of all roads.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Die Route<\/h3>\n

Alaska, Kanada, USA, Mexiko, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Kolumbien, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivien, Brasilien, Paraguay, Argentinien, Chile und nochmals Argentinien. Ein Abenteuer ohne Grenzen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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