The Adventurous Motorcyclist's Guide to Alaska: Routes, Strategies, Road Food, Dive Bars, off-Beat Destinations, and More - Softcover

Klancher, Lee; Freeman, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982913125 ISBN 13: 9780982913123

Publisher: Octane Press, 2012

Synopsis

This award-winning guide puts one of the most knowledgable motorcycle tour guides in Alaska in your pocket! Updated in 2014 and the recipient of a Benjamin Franklin Award in the travel category, this witty, fun book brings to life the best roads and off-beat destinations in the state. The guide lists all the road routes in Alaska with recommended dirt road excursions past mines, mountains and streams. The book includes ideal itineraries, the most interesting side roads, and great places to sleep, eat, and get off your bike to sightsee. Gear suggestions, motorcycle transport options, camping tips, and how to incorporate the Marine Highway System into your trip are also part of the package. The content focuses on the Alaska dirt and paved highways, but also includes the Canadian highways of interest as well as the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Delta Junction, Alaska.

About this title

About the Authors

Lee Klancher's adventures in journalism have sent he and his camera out to climb Mount Triglav in the Julian Alps, explore breweries on four continents, and ride backcountry motorcycle routes in the Bolivian Amazon, the Australian Outback, and on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. His has appeared in Men's Journal, Draft, Motorcyclist, and dozens of books and calendars. His favorite subjects are the hands-on down-to-earth folks featured in ARTISANS OF LIFE, a series of books and calendars designed to celebrate those who earn their livings doing what they love, and to inspire others to create their own path to independence.

Phil Freeman was born in Anchorage, Alaska and grew up between Alaska and Washington State until High School. He graduated from West High in Anchorage and went on to receive a Bachelors Degree in International Relations from the University of California at Davis. Phil was a Rotary Exchange student to Brazil in High School, an exchange student to Quito, Ecuado for a year when he was a university student, and an English teacher in Japan for two years. Phil speaks Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese fluently.
Jobs? In the past, Phil has posed as a busser, cocktail waiter, inner tube water polo referee, moose packer, sea kayak guide, fly fishing guide, river rafting guide, dish washer, ski instructor....until he started his own business, Alaska Rider Tours, in 1998. In 2008, the name was changed to MotoQuest to reflect the international nature of the business.
Phil rode a motorcycle for the first time at the age of 24. He founded MotoQuest with the idea of putting ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Octane Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0982913125
• ISBN 13: 9780982913123
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224