Obsessions Die Hard: A Motorcycle Adventure Across the Pan-American Highway's Darién Gap (Revised)

The Adventure of a Lifetime

Obsessions Die Hard is the story of Ed Culberson's determination to fulfill his dream. As a teenager he was fascinated with the Pan-American Highway System, which runs the length of North and South America. In his early forties, he acquired another passion--motorcycling. It was only natural that he would merge the two.

Culberson, then a retired U.S. Army officer, wanted to ride his motorcycle along the Pan-American Highway's entire route between Alaska and Argentina. However, in the Darién region of eastern Panama and western Colombia the road is broken by an 80-mile gap filled with jungles, rain forests, rivers, and swamps, forcing travelers to detour around it by boat or plane. The area is so inhospitable and unexplored that a myth about its impenetrability has evolved over the centuries, and a curse aimed at Darién trespassers shrouds the region. But the Darién Gap, known as el tapón del Darién--the Stopper--didn't dim Culberson's dream. It became his obsession.

In the face of staggering obstacles, Culberson suffers failure before meeting success, encountering killer bees, arrest by a corrupt law officer, cycling injuries, and back-breaking labor to get himself and "Amigo," his motorcycle, through the torturous jungles and swamps. He also encounters strangers who become friends, including Cuna Indians who guide him and share his triumphs.

A story of one man's struggle with his own obsession, this is an amazing tale of human endurance and perseverance.

All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to ALS of Texas.

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Obsessions Die Hard: A Motorcycle Adventure Across the Pan-American Highway's Darién Gap (Revised)

The Adventure of a Lifetime

Obsessions Die Hard is the story of Ed Culberson's determination to fulfill his dream. As a teenager he was fascinated with the Pan-American Highway System, which runs the length of North and South America. In his early forties, he acquired another passion--motorcycling. It was only natural that he would merge the two.

Culberson, then a retired U.S. Army officer, wanted to ride his motorcycle along the Pan-American Highway's entire route between Alaska and Argentina. However, in the Darién region of eastern Panama and western Colombia the road is broken by an 80-mile gap filled with jungles, rain forests, rivers, and swamps, forcing travelers to detour around it by boat or plane. The area is so inhospitable and unexplored that a myth about its impenetrability has evolved over the centuries, and a curse aimed at Darién trespassers shrouds the region. But the Darién Gap, known as el tapón del Darién--the Stopper--didn't dim Culberson's dream. It became his obsession.

In the face of staggering obstacles, Culberson suffers failure before meeting success, encountering killer bees, arrest by a corrupt law officer, cycling injuries, and back-breaking labor to get himself and "Amigo," his motorcycle, through the torturous jungles and swamps. He also encounters strangers who become friends, including Cuna Indians who guide him and share his triumphs.

A story of one man's struggle with his own obsession, this is an amazing tale of human endurance and perseverance.

All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to ALS of Texas.

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Obsessions Die Hard: A Motorcycle Adventure Across the Pan-American Highway's Darién Gap (Revised)

Obsessions Die Hard: A Motorcycle Adventure Across the Pan-American Highway's Darién Gap (Revised)

by Ed Culberson
Obsessions Die Hard: A Motorcycle Adventure Across the Pan-American Highway's Darién Gap (Revised)

Obsessions Die Hard: A Motorcycle Adventure Across the Pan-American Highway's Darién Gap (Revised)

by Ed Culberson

Overview

The Adventure of a Lifetime

Obsessions Die Hard is the story of Ed Culberson's determination to fulfill his dream. As a teenager he was fascinated with the Pan-American Highway System, which runs the length of North and South America. In his early forties, he acquired another passion--motorcycling. It was only natural that he would merge the two.

Culberson, then a retired U.S. Army officer, wanted to ride his motorcycle along the Pan-American Highway's entire route between Alaska and Argentina. However, in the Darién region of eastern Panama and western Colombia the road is broken by an 80-mile gap filled with jungles, rain forests, rivers, and swamps, forcing travelers to detour around it by boat or plane. The area is so inhospitable and unexplored that a myth about its impenetrability has evolved over the centuries, and a curse aimed at Darién trespassers shrouds the region. But the Darién Gap, known as el tapón del Darién--the Stopper--didn't dim Culberson's dream. It became his obsession.

In the face of staggering obstacles, Culberson suffers failure before meeting success, encountering killer bees, arrest by a corrupt law officer, cycling injuries, and back-breaking labor to get himself and "Amigo," his motorcycle, through the torturous jungles and swamps. He also encounters strangers who become friends, including Cuna Indians who guide him and share his triumphs.

A story of one man's struggle with his own obsession, this is an amazing tale of human endurance and perseverance.

All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to ALS of Texas.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781642340525
Publisher: Octane Press
Publication date: 05/01/2021
Edition description: 2nd Revised ed.
Pages: 226
Sales rank: 630,644
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

When he wrote this book, Ed Culberson was a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines and served as a chief instructor for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. He was very active in leading motorcycle tour groups into Mexico, Central America, and Panama. He died in 1995 of Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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