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Title: Riding Sky High

Subtitle: A Bicycle Adventure Around the World

Author: Pierre-Yves Tremblay

Narrator: Matthew Josdal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Essays & Travelogues

Publisher's Summary:

Many dream of dropping everything and just traveling around the world. It's a common dream, but few imagine embarking on that journey by bicycle. Exposed to the elements, legs burning, all your possessions strapped to you and your bicycle--it doesn't paint a relaxing picture, but this is just what Pierre-Yves Tremblay did.

Leaving his hometown of Chicoutimi, Quebec, in July 1994, Tremblay took a flight to Europe; from Paris he hopped on his bike and went for a long ride around the world that lasted all of 836 days. He traveled through Europe, past the deserts of the Middle East, then braved the Himalayas and rode through Southeast Asia and the wilds of Australia before finishing his journey by biking across the United States and arriving back home in Canada.

Besides the sheer physical effort, this epic adventure is about a person confronting himself, alone with his bike, encountering life, its possibilities, and its limits, dealing with emotions and everything that compels him to keep going and persevere. It means exchanging greetings and sharing moments with people from many different cultures. It means overcoming hundreds of pitfalls only to keep on going.

Fifteen and a half thousand miles later, this modern-day Ulysses invites us to read the precious journals he kept on his odyssey. Here you'll find out what really pushes great achievers to their limits.

Members Reviews:

A roller coaster bicycle ride...what an adventure!

Pierre-Yves was driven by desire, self motivated, and focused on a dream. Few people ever have the inspiration and even fewer have the burning desire to tackle and follow through on such an epic endeavor. I loved this book for the emotional roller coaster ride laced with philosophical words of wit and the observant people profilesâa book hard to put down.

Excerpts:

Our fears, ultimately, are conjured up by what we donât know

The harried scenarios that I had imagined simply donât play out. On the contrary, people smile at us and even wave, tentatively. My fears dissipate little by little. Our fears, ultimately, are conjured up by what we donât know. When youâre finally confronted with the unknown, you start to get a grip on it and learn to see things for what they really are. I can truly expand my limits and horizons by seeing how people actually live and by understanding their culture. In fact, these life lessons are the real purpose of my journey, and today, Iâm reaping the rewards.

Why this ceaseless need to âconvertâ those of different faiths?

The mother questions me about my religious customs and eventually asks if I believe that Islam is one of better world religions. She obviously expects a positive answer, which would no doubt reassure her. Why this ceaseless need to âconvertâ those of different faiths? Maybe itâs because weâre all so afraid to question our own beliefs. This generous family has welcomed me as one of their ownâisnât that the best proof that you can love your fellow man unconditionally, whatever god we believe in?

Finding a happy life

Those of us living in rich countries look for a happy life, while those in poor countries are just happy to be alive.