A humorous, soul-searching account of an aging hippie who gives up his hard-won career, family, and home life to bike around the world in search of new experiences At age 45 Robbie Marshall had it all, or so it seemed. He had been married, had two children, and built up a successful advertising agency. So what on earth made him trade his suit for leathers, his office for the saddle of a great motorcycle, and his bulging appointment book for an out-of-date world atlas? The prospect of a new challenge held such overwhelming appeal that he was prepared to risk it all--his hard won career, the trappings of wealth, and the love of a good woman--for life on the road and a lifestyle completely removed from anything he had known before. And so he shook hands with his business partner, kissed his girlfriend goodbye, and rode off into the unknown. Over the course of this double or nothing adventure he came face to face with his own ignorance, enormous danger, and wracking loneliness as well as some of the best that human nature has to offer.
Robbie always liked to push boundaries and this journey gave him the opportunity to pull together three of his passions. The urge to travel, his motorbike, and the chance to cross paths with strangers in new places compelled him to go out into the world to seek adventure. Never one to live sedately, Robbie enjoyed brief spells of activities and when the excitement dulled he would look for the next challenge. He felt that life was about facing fears and placing oneself firmly in the path of adversity, just for the hell of it.
Title: Triumph Around the World (Eye Classics)
Author: Robbie Marshall
ISBN: 9781903070666
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Publisher: Eye Books
Publication Date: 2011-03-17
Number of Pages: 260
Weight: 0.2813 kg
Mishaps, Muggings, and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance The story is amazing: I could not help but admire his courage, sheer bloody-mindedness and his soul-searching. An insightful travel essay that flowed easily instead of choking on itself like an engine with carb problems. -- A Little Twist of Texas Linda Raven Moore Robbie Marshall is a hero, a man who took his lifestyle and shook it upside down, jumped on a bike and took off. George Shaw