Pedaling a bicycle around the world was a lifelong dream, but everyone told him it could not be done. Dismissing the skeptics, disinterested sponsors, and a woefully inadequate bank account, Scott Zamek resolved to try. Some 20,000 miles and millions of pedal revolutions later, Zamek had encountered Bengal tigers, angry mobs, prison and sandstorms. He had run up against the Sahara and Gobi deserts, the Himalaya and the Karakoram mountains. He suffered hypothermia and heatstroke. And it was in his moments of greatest need, good Samaritans intervened to help.
"One More Horizon" takes us on a roller coaster ride of endurance and fatigue, success and setback, thieves and kind-hearted souls. But what shines through in the end, is a reminder of all that is right with the human spirit. | ||
Plot & Themes Sports story? - bike racing Exploring/Searching... - desert Outdoors story Yes Exploring: - surviving in outdoors Sports story Yes Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () Asia/Pacific Yes Asian country: - The 'stans - India - China Africa Yes Kind of Africa: - Arabic Africa Jungles? Yes Jungles - Snakes Desert? Yes Desert: - dying of thirst, sunburn - hostile arabs Misc setting - prison Century: - 1980's-Present Writing Style Book makes you feel? - like laughing Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book |