EDELWEISS AROUND THE WORLD!
FIRST MEETING OF PARTICIPANTS
The 23 participants of the expedition met for the first
time this last weekend, here in Mieming, Austria.
They came from Canada, the US, Brazil, Germany,
Austria, Switzerland and Italy. From the Americas by
air, from Europe by their own expedition bikes. They
came to meet the riders and passengers, who will be
riding with them from November 2010 to July 2011
through 6 continents. Just Antarctica will remain
untouched this time.
They also came to learn more about the expedition
from the team of Edelweiss/GlobeBusters. These 23
World Tourers do now know more about how and
where they will ride, how their expedition bike should
be equipped for the journey, what they still need to
practice for their riding, what they should pack and
what not, where the route runs, how and where they
will spend the nights, what they should eat and what
they should avoid, how long they will sit on their
bikes everyday, who they will meet along the route,
how their motorcycles will be transported from one
continent to the next, how to learn to dance the
tango over Christmas in Buenos Aires, how to enjoy
surfing in El Salvador, where to change tires in Los
Angeles, how to avoid road trains in the Outback of
Australia, not to swim in some rivers because of the
crocs, how not to get lost in Laos and how to
recognize a dog on their dinner plate in China, not to
collide with Russians, who just drank a bottle of
vodka and finally how much Schnaps to drink in one
go after reaching the finish line in Mieming in the
Austrian Alps.
They all benefited from the riders training on asphalt.
The GlobeBusters/Edelweiss team found out how
the 23 handled the challenge of riding slow and
riding fast. On the ride up to the glacier the hairpins
got tight and tighter and the walls of snow on the
side of the road increased with every mile. The
Brazilians had never experienced anything like it and
thought it would be great if the temperatures would
be much higher!
One of the challenges of this expedition, aside from
some of the daily rides (some up to 500 miles) will be
to spend 8 months together: Riding, looking, eating,
talking, sleeping, drinking, picking up motorcycles,
finding gas and the overnight places. Everyone of
the team has realized this will be a completely new
section in their life!
Is there still space?
For those adventurers, who want to ride the entire
1DE, there is still space for 2 riders.
On section 1 (Europe/Africa), section 2
(Latin America), section 3 (Central America) and
section 4 (Australia) for one or two riders.
On section 5 (Asia/Europe) there is no space left.
Are you sometimes still dreaming about
joining the trip?
If you want to convert these dreams into experiences
you have two possibilities:
1) Decide now to join us on November 21, 2010
here in Mieming for the start of the expedition.
2) Start now to make the preparations and
changes you need to effect, to ride the second
DISCOVER OUR EARTH EXPEDITION in the fall
of 2012 to live what you have dreamed of up till now.
In both cases, or for your own adventures we wish you a safe ride and experiences that enhance your life!
Werner Wachter
Edelweiss Bike Travel
Julia & Kevin Sanders from GlobeBusters care for you!
30 YEARS EDELWEISS BIKE TRAVEL
September 10th - 12th, 2010
Its time to celebrate: 30 years of touring around in this world have left many lasting impressions, weve met many new and old friends and these experiences might have changed some of our perspectives for the future of our world. So lets get together and talk about these experiences at our 30 year celebration in the Alps in September 2010. Come along and celebrate with us!
Information at www.edelweissbike.com/30-years.edelweiss
