Ep. 507: A Motorcycle Adventure That Almost Ended in Tragedy Revisited - Glen Heggstad

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

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

4.6 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2019

⏱️ 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 very dramatic turn. So much so that National Geographic decided to produce a documentary about it. Listen in to find out what happened!

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0:00.0	all of a sudden you're in Mongolia and you're looking into the eyes of the descendants of
0:04.8	Genghis Khan and you realize that you're weaving your way through this tapestry of fascinating
0:11.4	cultures that you're really merging with the landscape of humanity.
0:19.4	This is the adventure sports podcast where we talk to athletes, adventurers, and business owners from around the world of adventure sports.
0:27.8	Whether you're climbing Mount Everest, starting a bike shop, or getting up off your couch to take your kids hiking for the first time,
0:34.5	we want you to have the motivation and inspiration you need to chase that
0:38.5	next adventure.
0:40.0	The Adventure Sports podcast is brought to you by Camp Crate, the leaders in fully planned
0:45.2	self-guided backpacking adventures, as well as backpacking gear rental.
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0:53.3	Thank you. You can check them out at camp crate.net.
1:07.6	Hey folks, just want to jump straight into it.
1:12.3	We haven't had one about motorcycles in a while, and this one is about taking a motorcycle around the world with Glenn Hegstad. This was done by Travis, like almost four years
1:19.1	ago now. This was an early episode, maybe three and a half, but anyway, it is an epic story
1:26.0	of chasing adventure, and then things don't always go to plan.
1:30.5	And this guy's story is unbelievable.
1:33.6	He was a martial art teacher, decided to go on this long motorcycle journey, and he had this
1:41.1	crazy story happen so much so that National Geographic even did many documentary
1:46.6	about it and it was just nuts but you know for a lot of us you know for me included my my joints my
1:54.4	body will one day probably not be able to do all these things and I want to do things you know
1:58.4	motorcycle will probably be in my future is what I'm
2:01.3	trying to say. I'd like to travel by motorcycle one day, give that a shot, touring. And, you know,
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