false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175145717m/485671.jpg 485671 5 If you define "adventure travel" as anything that's more fun to read about than to live through, then Tim Cahill's <I>Road Fever</I> is the adventure of a lifetime. Along with professional long-distance driver Garry Sowerby, Cahill drove 15,000 miles from the southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego to the northernmost terminus of the Dalton Highway in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, from one end of the world to another, in a record-breaking 23 1/2 days. Just like the authors' camper-shelled GMC Sierra truck, the narrative bounces along at a relentless pace. Along the way Cahill and Sowerby cope with mood swings, engine trouble, Andean cliffs, obstinate bureaucracies, slick highways, armed and uncomprehending soldiery (not to mention the challenges of securing O.P.M., or Other People's Money--the <I>sine qua non</I> of adventure, Cahill observes). Author of such off-the-wall travelogues as <i>Pass the Butterworms</i> and <i>Jaguars Ripped My Flesh</i>, Cahill is equipped with the correct amalgam of chutzpah and dementia to survive what can only be called "The Road Trip From Hell." Readers, however, will thoroughly enjoy themselves. 1813926 1991 Road Fever total:271|5:66|4:106|3:75|2:23|1:1| 271 1026 344 47 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 19:50:56 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 20:17:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 08 10:25:58 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 05 22:24:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 13:12:24 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 13:24:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 17:07:11 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 07:31:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Thu Mar 19 10:57:31 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 11:02:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 27 13:00:58 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 13:05:28 -0700 2008
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Cahill is the master of the one-liner, the master of timing, the master of self-deprication. I love him unconditionally, even if his writerly tricks become transparent over the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 02 09:20:28 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 09:20:28 -0800 2008 on the road - the first 100 pages or so were descriptions of preparation for their road trip. The book is interspersed with bits of political and historical details of the countries they traveled through. I had heard ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Wed Aug 12 17:34:49 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 17:35:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 17 12:39:29 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 12:40:00 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu May 08 19:50:35 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 19:53:50 -0700 2008
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