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Two wheels through terror

Glen Heggstad

2004240 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2004
first published
  • 2004Whitehorse Press · 275 pages · ENGISBN 9781884313493
  • 2010ECW Press · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9781550229226
  • 2010ECW Press · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9781554909223
  • 2010ECW Press · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9781554908509

Ripped from his motorcycle by Colombian rebels and robbed of everything, adventure motorcyclist Glen Heggstad journeyed through South America, and the trip became a nightmare as he was forced to march through strange jungles carrying heavy equipment with assault rifles at his back. Even with all the hand-to-hand and sophisticated combat training Heggstad possessed, this chronicle shows that it was his shrewd thinking, precise planning, and a "do-or-die" last act of desperation that eventually secured his freedom. The shocking personal tale of an unimaginable journey through Central and South America, this travelogue details one man's capture by Colombia's rebel National Liberation Army and the eventual realization of his dream to complete his journey.

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