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TWO WHEELS THROUGH TERROR

Glen Heggstad's Diary of a South American Motorcycle Odyssey

Center Conway, NH, July 2004—You may have seen the interview on CBS News’ 48 Hours with adventure motorcyclist Glen Heggstad or heard parts of his hair-raising story on National Public Radio. But, nothing compares to reading his complete account of riding to the southern tip of South America only weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. On a mountainous road between Medellin and Bogota, he was captured by Colombia’s rebel ELN army. For five weeks, he was moved from camp to camp, beaten, fed only small amounts of rice and water, and continuously threatened with death. Heggstad spares no details of his incredible brush with terrorism in his new book, Two Wheels Through Terror, just published by Whitehorse Press.

A shocking travelogue of an ambitious journey gone wrong, Two Wheels Through Terror is in the tradition of first-hand accounts like Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and will keep readers riveted from beginning to end. The story begins with a confident man looking to realize a dream and ends with a dazzling display of determination and courage to finish what he started. Yet, it is the gripping account of how Heggstad was ripped from his motorcycle just weeks into his trip, robbed of everything, and forced to march through strange jungles with assault rifles in his back, that fuels interest and amazement.

Having survived and won his release, Heggstad was determined to finish his journey. With a new bike equipped by friends, he continued around the coast of South America, through Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. A year later, still recuperating from his ordeal, Heggstad is able to chronicle his trip with humor and insight. Glen Heggstad, the self-proclaimed “Striking Viking,” is an adventure traveler who seeks out and rides the most rugged places on the planet. He has been a Hell’s Angel and a martial arts expert, but no amount of training or experience was able to prepare him for what he became while riding this trip. As world traveler and journalist Ted Simon says: “For a writer on a bike, the worse it gets the better it gets, but for Glen anything worse than this would have meant death.” Heggstad’s response? “Some people need to be on the edge to feel alive, I’m one of them. I had no regrets whatsoever, I treat everything as an experience.”

Hardcover, 6 x 9 inches, 275 pages, color illustrations, $24.95. Copies are available at your local bookstore, dealer, or directly from the publisher, Whitehorse Press, 107 East Conway Road, Center Conway, NH 03813-4012. Telephone toll free 800-531-1133 or visit their web site at www.whitehorsepress.com.