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Adventure Sports Podcast

Ep. 255: A 4600 Mile Scooter Trip to Alaska - Robert Shearon

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

Science, Health & Fitness, Sports, Nature, Fitness, Wilderness

4.6579 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2017

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

After battling a drug and alcohol addiction in college, Robert Shearon wanted a way to celebrate sobriety while giving back to the organization that helped him triumph. So he decided to ride a 50cc Honda Ruckus scooter 4600 miles from Vail, Colorado to Anchorage, Alaska. Listen in to hear Robert's story of overcoming his struggle and taking the trip of a lifetime one slow mile at a time.

http://www.colorado.edu/recoverycenter/

http://collegiaterecovery.org/

email Robert: Rkshearon@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robert.k.shearon

 

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0:00.0

It was therapeutic driving the scooter along at such a slow pace that you don't have to pay any attention to the road at all.

0:08.0

And you can take in all the scenery.

0:17.9

This is the Adventure Sports podcast brought to you by 180TAC.

0:22.2

Get out there and have some fun.

0:26.8

Episode 255.

0:29.1

Robert Sheeran rides a 50-c-c-s scooter 4,600 miles from Vale, Colorado to Anchorage, Alaska.

0:45.4

All right, for all of you motorcycle enthusiasts out there, check out members.

0:45.6

com.

0:51.0

If you're a member of that site, you can save 15% on Rever.

1:11.5

If you haven't heard about Rever, it's a great app and website where you can plan your motorcycle rides. You can transfer that ride from the internet over to your device, whether it be an Android or iPhone, and you can also share it with your friends. On the phone, you can link up with your buddies and see where they're riding and get together with them and take your ride. So check it out.

1:14.3

It's members.adventuresportspodcast.com and look forever.

1:29.2

Hi, welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast.

1:30.2

This is Travis.

1:33.1

On the line with me today is Robert Sharon.

1:40.0

I found Robert on Facebook, and he was actually, I think he was a friend of a friend,

1:41.8

is the way I came across you, Robert.

1:44.1

And I thought your story was really cool.

1:52.8

Robert had overcome some issues with addiction, with drug and alcohol addiction. And he wanted to give back to society. So what he did was he came up with this grand scheme of riding a 50-cc scooter from Vale, Colorado, all the way up to

2:03.7

Anchorage, Alaska, which is a 4,600-mile tour. So we're going to go into who Robert is

2:10.7

and what made him decide to take on such a crazy little adventure. So first of all, Robert,

2:16.1

thanks for joining me. Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Yeah, my pleasure. So let's dive into a little bit of who you

2:23.8

are, where you're from, kind of where do you come from? Give us a feel for who Robert Scheran is.

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