Piernas De Acero (Paperback)
Israel Valderrema - Y Su Cronica Sobre 25.000 Kilometros de un Increible Viaje en Bicicleta
Imprint: Mosaic Press
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780889628656
Published: 1st January 2010
Script Academic & Professional
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780889628656
Published: 1st January 2010
Script Academic & Professional
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This is the true story of Israel Valderrama who as a young man worked as a truck driver on the Atlantic Coast of Colombia. Always well liked, he left his hometown to seek his fortune in Medellin during the early 1950s. It was there that he became involved with the Boys Scouts and it was there that he decided that he must follow his dream - to attend the World Jamboree of Scouts in Canada.
How to get there? An only child, with no resources or money, he decided that he would cycle to Canada. The route would be straight up the west coast of Central America, through the United States and then, simply, take a right hand turn in Vancouver and across Canada.
This is the extraordinary story of Israel's saga through 25,000 kilometres, 10 countries, on many non-existent roads, through all climates. The nine-month journey was fully recorded in a diary. And, now 50 years after his travels, Omar Adolfo Arango, an accomplished novelist from Colombia, has brought this epic to life.
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