The Trail to Titicaca

£8.99

Rupert Atlee’s cycling trip through South America is related in entertaining style in The Trail to Titicaca - A Journey through South America. Setting out with two friends in the summer of 1993, three inexperienced cyclists set out to pedal 6500 miles up the Andes from Tiera del Fuego to lake Titicaca. After nearly a year fighting against the odds, contending with grasshopper storms, deserts of volcanic ash and trigger-happy police, the trio succeeded in their objective, also raising thousands of pounds for the Leukemia Research Fund in the process.

Atlee’s tale is one of both physical and emotional hardship as their journey tells of the awe-inspiring wilds, history and people of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. What started out as an unlikely, difficult adventure of a lifetime evolved into a voyage of discovery, comradeship and humour.

‘A great read, but be warned, it’ll sow the seed of adventure in your mind and you may want to do the trip yourself.’ - Maximum Mountain Bike.