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I made a life changing decision
following a recent doctors appointment. My physician burdened me with
the grave
news that I was dying. According to his best expert opinion, I had 30
to 40 years left to live, fifty at the very most.
That is when I dedicated myself to living a more adventurous life.
Take a moment to think about your legacy. What will you be remembered
for after you
pass? Will you be remembered as a nice guy who worked hard, played by
the rules and kept his grass cut? Personally, I can't think of
anything more dreadful.
To be collectively remembered as a nice guy by those attending my funeral would mean
that my life's mission was a failure. I would much prefer to be a
"colorful character," "one of a kind," or a "tough old bird."
Wouldn't you rather be remembered for your adventurous spirit, your
insatiable curiousity and your stubborn determination to press on with
your travels in spite of bad weather, mechanical problems, lack of
creature comfort and pesky interference by rebel guerilla soldiers?
I have a 10-year plan to save up the funds and gain the knowledge and
skills needed to embark on a journey worthy of a National Geographic
special. I intend to travel to Alaska, Montana, California, Baja,
Mexico, Central America, making a few key stops in South America and
Cuba in the space of a year.
An ambitious goal, but every journey begins with a single step.
The
content of this site is terribly mundane and by any measure, a waste of
time, server storage space and bandwidth, but it is my earnest hope
that this site, the adventures documented within and my dreadfully
ordinary life become more interesting as time passes. Everything is a
work in progress.
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In the film "The Motorcycle Diaries," el Poderoso was
a 1936
Norton 500 thumper that broke down often.
I chose to name my R100GS el Poderoso mostly because it was just a cool
name and because one day, I plan to retrace the moto journey of Ernesto
"Che" Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado, the difference being that
I will have a superior machine, thus completing the journey and
continuing on to Mexico and Cuba.
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