Lately it has been unusually windy here in Southern California. One day it got so bad that I received a dozen of calls from concerned friends wondering if I need a lift because it’s too windy to ride a bike. Hmmm, maybe I really should leave my bike at work? It’s featherlight BMW R1150RT, at over 600 lbs wind can easily pick it up with me on it. Scary. Then I remembered the last book that I read, Glen Heggstad’s “Two Wheels Through The Terror”.

 Alone and on underpowered and outdated KLR650 he went through super windy Torres del Paine National park in South America. And he made it! So can I. I rode my 45 mile commute home without any problems and it really wasn’t half as bad as I expected.

 Are we becoming the society of sissies? Our ancestors would surely laugh at us. We get so comfortable living in our perfect little worlds that we often forget what the real life is. Maybe it’s time to take a trip to the Southern tip of the earth.

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