Gregory Yeoman

Riding into The Sunrise - Recollections of A Bicycle Journey across Russia (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Spring 1993. 14 months earlier the USSR had collapsed and with Russia accessible once more Gregory Yeoman and his expedition companions set off on their bicycles to ride from the Baltic to the Pacific. Over 153 days they encountered wild landscapes, wild people, crumbling hotels and Siberia's two cheeses on an extraordinary adventure through a nation finding itself after 70 years of Communism.

'Riding into the Sunrise' is the story of the first cycling expedition to cross the new post-Soviet Russia. The book reveals how Gregory Yeoman and his cycling buddies (one Australian and five Russians) coped with the emotional and physical highs and lows of undertaking a ride on this scale. The style is light-hearted and humorous; observations of the history, geography and environments encountered along the way help bring to life the experience of travelling across this fascinating and frustrating country, and the book gives an interesting snapshot of life in Russia at a time of tremendous change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gregory Yeoman
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781301156221
• Artikelnr.: 69685124

Autorenporträt

Gregory Yeoman worked in travel and tourism for over 20 years, starting out in 1994 leading and designing cycling and mountain biking holidays in various countries around the world. He has cycled on all 7 continents, adding Antarctica to the list in December 2003, and has planned and completed the following major cycle expeditions:
The 2,000-year Bike Ride (Nottingham to Athens, 2000 miles, 1987)
The Trans-Siberian Cycle Expedition (the subject of 'Riding into the Sunrise', 1993)
The Karelian Cycle Expedition (Murmansk to St Petersburg, 1500 miles, 2003)
The Great Australian Cycle Expedition (8000 miles, 2004/5)
John O'Groats to Land's End (1000 miles solo, 2011) raising money for the MS Society.
The Ride for Pangolins (Surrey, England, to Switzerland, 700 miles, 2019) - with his 12-year old son riding from WWF-UK to WWF-International HQ, raising £10,000 for work against the international illegal wildlife trade.

Details of all of these trips and others can be found on his website www.redlineadventure.co.uk.

Since returning from the Trans-Siberian Cycle Expedition in 1994, Gregory Yeoman has regularly given slideshows and presentations to businesses, clubs and schools, describing his cycling exploits and using them to illustrate setting and achieving goals. Please visit his website for details and testimonials, and to request a booking.