Ep. 801: 11 Years Around the World on a Motorcycle - Revisited - Hubert Kriegel
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2022
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Hubert Kriegel decided to sell it all and set out on a 10-year journey traveling around the world on a Ural motorcycle and sidecar. It's been over 11 years now and Hubert has no plans to call it quits. Listen in as he shares this wonderful journey and tells us of the people he's met along the way.
Hubert died on 01/24/2018 of an aortic dissection in Sacramento, CA. This episode is in honor of his amazing ability to inspire those around him.
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| 0:00.0 | When I sold everything, I go on the road, I promised myself, I say, I have enough money for 10 years. |
| 0:13.0 | After 10 years, I have nothing left. Hey folks, welcome to today's show. Sorry for getting the episode up just a little bit |
| 0:34.9 | late. If you're, you know, if you miss it on your morning commute, I'm very sorry. And by the way, my name's Mason. I'm usually the host here, |
| 0:40.9 | but today we're actually doing a special throwback episode because today marks the four-year |
| 0:46.6 | anniversary that one of our alumni here on Adventure Sports podcast passed away. Hubert Kregel |
| 0:53.1 | died of aortic dissection in 2018 on this day, |
| 0:57.2 | and he was famous for selling everything he had in 2005 to go travel around the world with |
| 1:03.5 | his year old motorcycle that had a sidecar. And we're going to hear stories about that today, |
| 1:09.1 | but I want to read a quote that he said about this trip. |
| 1:12.8 | He said, selling everything I had in 2005 to go travel around the world on my sidecar was the best decision I've ever made in my life. |
| 1:20.0 | Don't forget to take a risk today. |
| 1:22.7 | So in honor of Hubert, in honor of that spirit of adventure, in honor of what he did, I wanted to talk to him |
| 1:28.0 | again. So this episode's from a few years ago. Travis is hosting the show. So my apologies for |
| 1:33.2 | getting it up a little bit late. But hey, sometimes adventure makes us a little late. So let's go ahead and jump in. Thanks for tuning into another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 1:53.4 | This is Travis. |
| 1:54.3 | I've got a good show for you guys today. |
| 1:56.7 | I caught up with Ubert Kregal on the western shore of India, about 300 miles south of Mumbai. |
| 2:02.5 | Ubeer has been visiting various parts of the world since 1970, but in 2005, he decided to sell it all and travel permanently for 10 years on a Ural motorcycle and sidecar. |
| 2:12.9 | Now it's 11 years later, and you've probably already guessed it, but Ubear is still on the road, and apparently with no plans to stop anytime soon. |
| 2:20.0 | Ubeir, thanks for joining me today. |
| 2:22.4 | Yeah, thank you. |
| 2:23.7 | Oh, it's great to have you. |
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