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Cycling Home from Siberia

Lilwall, Rob (Book - 2011)
Average Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5.
Cycling Home from Siberia


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Simon and Schuster
“It is late October, and the temperature is already –40 degrees . . . My thoughts are filled with frozen rivers that may or may not hold my weight; empty, forgotten valleys haunted by emaciated ghosts; and packs of ravenous, merciless wolves.”

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Simon and Schuster
“It is late October, and the temperature is already –40 degrees . . . My thoughts are filled with frozen rivers that may or may not hold my weight; empty, forgotten valleys haunted by emaciated ghosts; and packs of ravenous, merciless wolves.”

Having left his job as a high-school geography teacher, Rob Lilwall arrived in Siberia equipped only with a bike and a healthy dose of fear. Cycling Home from Siberia recounts his epic three-and-a-half-year, 30,000-mile journey back to England via the foreboding jungles of Papua New Guinea, an Australian cyclone, and Afghanistan’s war-torn Hindu Kush. A gripping story of endurance and adventure, this is also a spiritual journey, providing poignant insight into life on the road in some of the world’s toughest corners.

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Imprint: Nashville, Tenn. - Howard Books
Pages: 399
ISBN: 9781451607864, 1451607865
Language: English
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Statement of responsibility: Rob Lilwall
Characteristics: xi, 399 p. :,ill. ;,22 cm.
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  • Yuletide rated this: 4 stars out of 5.

This was an awesome book. Although I was slightly disappointed that the whole book wasn't about Siberia I got over it quickly. I never would have thought it was possible to do something like this! And it was amazing how it made it happen. I especially enjoyed the thoughtful way the author tried to share his emotional and spiritual growth with us. Altogether it was entertaining and enlightening. More than just a book about cycling - although it certainly was that too! Must get the husband to read this. Maybe we could finally try to go across Canada - it doesn't seem so hard after reading this!

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