Today we have another one of our exclusive Deep Trouble series.

Deep Trouble is a series that you will hear exclusively on adventure rider radio which is stories about riders in peril.

But it's more than that.

Deep Trouble is about that underlying framework that really fuels adventure, the framework

that is essentially the possibility that something could

go wrong, because if there was no risk, there would be no edge, no thrill, no excitement.

And although we don't really want to experience something going wrong for ourselves,

the fact that it's possible, even remotely, is what fuels adventure.

And for some more than others, a rider could be thrilled by making it through a muddy section, up a rocky hill,

through a river, knowing that the result could be getting stuck,

breaking the bike or sucking water into the engine.

No one wants that.

But nothing beats the satisfaction you get

from making it through a tough section. For another rider, it's crossing foreign borders,

riding far from home, dealing with languages and customs they don't yet

understand, and exploring new and far-off places. We riders are a modern type of

adventure out there exposed to the elements rider and machine. Of course we don't

want to drop our bike in the river and get stuck in some remote place in another

country or held up at a border, but it's kind of like walking out on a high cliff overlooking a vast valley.

The thrill that you get just by approaching it, the sensation that the edge is near, not just the thrill of danger, but it's only

when you get close to that edge that you're able to see the Vista beyond.

It's adventure, like riding a motorcycle.

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