One More Horizon: Ohio to Hong Kong the Long Way

by Scott Zamek

This description refers to an early edition. The second edition is available at promotional prices. Pedaling a bicycle around the world was a lifelong dream, but everyone told him it could not be done. Dismissing the skeptics, disinterested sponsors, and a woefully inadequate bank account, Scott Zamek resolved to try. Some 25,000 miles and six million pedal revolutions later, Zamek had encountered Bengal tigers, angry mobs, prison and sandstorms, fed on yak, dog meat, and gobs of cow intestines. He had been taken prisoner by the Syrian Secret Police, left for dead in the Sahara Desert, and beset by hypothermia and heatstroke, using up two bicycles, 1,000 tire patches, and countless makeshift replacement parts along the way. One More Horizon takes us on a roller coaster ride of endurance and fatigue, success and setback, thieves and kindhearted souls, but what shines through in the end, is a reminder of all that is right with the human spirit.

255 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2003

About the author

Scott Zamek has been writing about distant places and unusual modes of travel for more than thirty-five years. He is the author of One More Horizon, an account of his 25,000-mile journey around the world on a mountain bike, as well as numerous travel guides and articles covering North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. His latest work, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Life, takes us rattling through 35 states, entailing countless rides from drivers of every conceivable profession, along highways, backroads, and country lanes revealing the true essence of America. He lives, writes, and runs an organic farm in Orange Springs, Florida.