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To Infinity and Beyond
Two Brits have followed in the tyre-tracks of Cuban Revolutionary Che
Guevara and written a motorcycle diary of their own along the way.
Chronicled in a book written in by one of them ‘To Infinity and Beyond’
by Stephen E Holmes , tells the story of their epic 5,000-mile trip on
two 1940s Nortons through some of the world's most dangerous terrain.
The trip came about after 50-year-old Pete Sandford, who runs his own
windsurfing business in the U.K,watched The Motorcycle Diaries in
January 2008 and thought it would be fun to replicate Guevara's trip and
actually complete it on two wheels. A quick call to friend Steve Holmes,
a 49-year-old truck driver, assured him of a travelling partner and the
challenge was on. To recreate the journey, Sandford and Holmes would
have to travel through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Columbia and Venezuela.
Along the way, the pair would have to contend with some of the most
amazing environments on earth including the Atacama Desert (the
world's driest region) and the mighty Amazon River.