Ep. 109: A Not So Ordinary Motorcycle Adventure with Glen Heggstad
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2015
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Most motorcycle adventures are completed with a little trouble, but all-in-all they come off without a hitch. Glen Heggstad decided he would like to try the ever-popular trip to Tierra Del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America. Things went well for Glen for the first month. After that, the trip took a dramatic turn. Listen in to find out!
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| 0:00.0 | And as you go travel deeper into Siberia and Russia, and all of a sudden the skin goes all of, and the eyes go almond, and they slant up and they slant down. |
| 0:09.9 | And all of a sudden you're in Mongolia, and you're looking into the eyes of the descendants of Genghis Khan. |
| 0:16.9 | And you realize that you're weaving your way through this tapestry of fascinating cultures |
| 0:23.0 | that you're really merging with the landscape of humanity. Episode 109, a not-so-ordinary motorcycle adventure with Glenn Hegstead. |
| 0:47.0 | This is the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 0:50.2 | Brought to you by 180Tack. |
| 0:52.7 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 1:07.5 | Thank you. Brought to you by 180 TAC. Get out there and have some fun. Hi, welcome back to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 1:09.6 | I just wanted to give the parents listening to this show a little bit of a heads up. |
| 1:14.4 | Although this actual interview is clean as far as language, there is some adult content in the interview with Glenn Hegstad. |
| 1:22.1 | Glenn's got an amazing story, but if you listen with your kids, you might want to preview this interview or skip it all together with them. |
| 1:29.1 | Now on to the show. |
| 1:31.0 | In 2001, Glenn Hegstad departed on a trip of a lifetime to the tip of South America as numerous travelers have. |
| 1:37.4 | But Glenn's trip took a bit of a detour when he was captured in Colombia by rebels and held for five weeks. |
| 1:43.0 | During that time, he was tortured and starved until he |
| 1:45.3 | found a way out of his terrible ordeal. Even after all of that, Glenn did something most of us |
| 1:49.7 | can't even imagine, but instead of ruining the surprise, I'll let Glenn tell you about his journey. |
| 1:54.2 | Glenn, welcome to the show. Hey, thank you very much for having me on. I appreciate it. Yeah, |
| 1:59.5 | great to have you. So you have a truly amazing story and I |
| 2:02.5 | can't wait to get into it. But for starters, let's get into how you ended up on two wheels from |
| 2:08.2 | their beginning. You had a bit of a tough upbringing. What started you on motorcycles from the get-go? |
| 2:14.8 | Well, I was probably like 12 years old. And my father and I built a little, |
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