Glen Heggstad - Motorcycle Trip Gone Wrong - Captured and Tortured He Comes Out on Top

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2015

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Glen Heggstad had some tough beginnings, including foster homes and living on the street. He travelled at the age of 16 and joined a bike gang in his early twenties but soon changed his ways and took up martial arts. Learning progressed to teaching and soon Glen had the most successful martial arts school in his area and became well respected for his school and his work with troubled youth. Glen then decided to retire from martial arts competition and loaded his motorcycle for adventure heading south for Tierra del Fuego. Except it didn't quite work out as planned, Glen was captured in Colombia by rebel guerrillas and held prisoner. He was tortured, starved, beaten and abused during his five weeks in captivity but he managed to stage his imminent death which won him freedom. After that horrific ordeal he didn't even go home, Glen had his original goal still in his sights and never let go. - He rode to Tierra del Fuego as planned. Incredible story. Visit Glen Heggstad's website at http://www.strikingviking.net

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sam Manicom.
0:05.0	Nick Sanders.
0:07.0	Terry Borden.
0:08.0	Sandy, Sandy Board, Jack Borden.
0:09.0	Grimfield.
0:10.0	Austin Vince.
0:11.0	Jason Spaffin, Lisa Moray.
0:12.0	David Peterson, Rachel, Ed March, Glen Haidstead,
0:13.8	Dr. Gregory W. Fraser,
0:15.2	Nefar.
0:16.2	Michelle Lampheer, Tiffany Coates,
0:17.4	Herbert Schap, Zoe Canel, Nathan Millward,
0:19.4	Glen Hoskins, Jeremy Cracker, Simon Thomas, Lisa Thomas, Simon Pavey Grant Johnson Robert Wick said Simon Elizabeth Martin Carol de Val and you're listening to adventure rider radio
0:30.0	Today we have a story of adventure, but it's not what you think. It's not your typical
0:37.0	adventure, you know where you throw the bags on the bike and you head off to a distant
0:39.9	land and then you come back with some anecdotal stories of being stuck in the mud and
0:43.4	dealing with flat tires. Now this is the other story. This is the one you don't
0:47.4	want to hear. You know the one where the naysayers are always saying you can't go
0:51.0	and do that because there was this guy who went and this happened.
0:54.8	Well this is that story and this is that guy.
0:58.2	Although there's tragedy in the story, the story is not about tragedy. It's about overcoming obstacles and it's about keeping your focus on what's important in life.
1:08.0	And it's about the greater good. It's a great story.
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