Against the Wind: Pedalling for a Pint from Japan to Ireland

by Yasuyuki Ozeki, Yan Ozeki

Yasuyuki Ozeki had a dream – to cycle from Japan to Ireland, alone, through the Eurasian continent. He was acutely aware of and fascinated by the gap that lay in between these two countries. The only way he would ever be able to understand that gap was to ‘kick down the distance’ by bike.

But his dream grew to more than he could ever have imagined. And after an interview on The Gerry Ryan Show everybody wanted to be part of that dream. Large companies from the Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone to the multinational giant Guinness backed him while people throughout every country encouraged and befriended him.

The journey was at times gruelling and dangerous, while at others uplifting and wonderous. He arrived at the Guinness Hopstore five months and 12,935.2 km later.

Genres: Cycling

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Emz · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are times when it seems a little boring and straight forward, but then again, thats probably what it was like for him at times. Then there is everything else thats really exciting and inspiring and makes you want to go out and buy a bicycle right then.