Ted Simon - Formula for Real Adventure

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Ted Simon is a well-known figure in the adventure motorcycle travel community. He rode his motorcycle around the world in the early 1970s, documenting his journey for a newspaper and later writing the book Jupiter’s Travels. The book became hugely popular and is still selling briskly almost five decades later. Ted recently turned 93 years old, and for his birthday, our host, Jim Martin, sat down with him to discuss how a rider today could have a similar trip. Ted came up with some criteria that anyone can follow to have a real adventure. During the conversation, it was revealed that Ted may not have been alone for the entire trip as previously thought and he also shared how his clear idea of what he wanted from his trip led him to turn his back on someone close to him so that he could continue his journey alone. Photos and links related to this episode can be found in the show notes. Adventure Rider Radio and RAW are the longest-running adventure motorcycle and travel podcasts and we remain committed to bringing you new and exciting episodes every Thursday. Never miss an episode, be sure to FOLLOW the show on your favourite podcast app. Have a show idea or suggestion, send us an email. We'd love to hear from you! If you can, we’d love to get your support, please visit the Support page on our website. Thank you for listening!

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0:00.0	Ted Simon has probably influenced and shaped if not kicked off the whole
0:18.6	adventure motorcycle travel scene when back in the early 70s he wrote his motorcycle around the world
0:24.2	and wrote articles for a newspaper while en route. Then when he returned he wrote a book
0:28.8	called Jupiter's Travels and Jupiter's Travels took off in ways that Ted could never have imagined,
0:34.8	selling like hot cakes around the world and still selling briskly almost five decades later.
0:40.8	Ted is a fascinating man that has led an incredibly interesting life in which motorcycles
0:46.5	and travel have pretty much always been intertwined. This May 1st, 2024, Ted turns 93 years old.
0:55.0	So for Ted's 93rd birthday, I sat down with him to talk about how a rider today
1:01.0	could have an adventure like he did back in the 70s and over the time we talked
1:05.5	Ted came up with a few criteria his rules so to speak that any of us can do must do
1:11.5	really to have a real adventure. The formula I guess you need to do if you want
1:16.0	to get an idea of what it was like for Ted back in the 70s and have a similar adventure today.
1:22.4	We also stumble across a little have a similar adventure today.
1:23.0	We also stumble across a little known fact about the renowned Jupiter's travels, the book.
1:28.0	That was that Ted may not have been completely alone for the entire trip.
1:33.0	Now Ted's going to tell us a story, as well as others,
1:36.0	but in this story he's going to explain why his vision for his trip
1:39.0	meant that he had to turn his back on someone special to him.
1:43.7	I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio.
1:46.0	Stay with us, we got a good one for you. I'm Sam Mannequin.
2:05.0	Z Zymel St. Vincent baby has prepared us.
2:08.0	Jocelyn Snow,
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