Last Chance for Adventure - Heather Ellis

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2019

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

When Heather Ellis was required to do a routine medical test to get a Visa to travel to Russia, she wasn’t expecting the news she got from the doctor. Despite the challenges Heather was facing, she remained strong and persevered, and would go on to do what she thought was her last big motorcycle adventure. Her courage and strength led her down roads she could never have imagined, even to this day. Listen to over 250 adventure travel by motorcycle episodes on Adventure Rider Radio at adventureriderradio.com. Please rate and review us on iTunes or your favourite podcast app. Did you know about our other show ARR RAW? Over 40 episodes available on our website. Thanks for listening and please tell your friends about us. Get an ARR sticker (postage included) with a $10 donation. Link on our website. Have a comment? Go to the episode show notes on our website and have your say at the bottom of the page. Adventure Rider Radio is now the most listened to motorcycle podcast in the world, and we're grateful to have your support in any way we can. Ride Safe and Happy Travels!

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0:00.0	1st Oh, yeah. The best. The best.
0:14.0	The best.
0:15.0	So. The best.
0:17.0	The best.
0:18.0	Ah. The best.
0:20.0	Oh,
0:18.0	The best.
0:21.0	Oh, A few years ago we had Heather Ellis on the show talking about her solo trip through Africa on a Yamaha TT 600.
0:34.6	The show began with Heather talking about an incident where she'd hired a guide to lead her
0:39.8	through the wilderness on her bike, but it turned out that the guide just got them
0:43.8	lost and they found themselves eventually on the this remote shoreline of this lake
0:48.1	that had taken a tremendous effort to get there and the guide was just
0:52.3	continually promising her you know a little
0:54.2	bit further to the next town not much further and off they went further into the
0:57.9	wilderness and just when it seemed they got to a point where it was too difficult to continue and they would likely
1:04.3	starve and die on this remote lakeshore. A fishing boat appeared. But when they attempted to
1:09.8	flag the boat down for help, the fishermen just ignored them because in that part of Africa at that time
1:16.2	it was a lawless area known for pirates and criminals so the fishermen were wise to
1:21.2	ignore any locals standing there trying to get their attention.
1:24.7	There was nothing left for Heather to do but to strip off all her clothes and jump up and down to show that
1:30.8	she was white and not from the area, not a local.
1:34.0	That got them rescued.
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