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October 21, 2005
Review: Ghost Rider
I had no idea that one of the guys from the band Rush was a bit of a philospher. Well he is and has written a Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance style journey on a bike book. He has always been a cyclist, but when his 18 year old daughter died suddenly and less than a year later his wife died of cancer, he was left totally empty. To fill himself or at least keep busy he set out on his BMW riding 600 miles a day. That is a LONG day on the bike, I know. Most of the text is spent on the details of the journey, rain, terain, hotels, etc. Interspersed are pieces of realization as they come. You go through the whole denial, grief, remorse and recovery stage bit by bit with him. Not an easy book to read if you are going through loss yourself. Not an easy book to read if you don't have the resources to just drop everything in your life and ride a motorcycle for two years. Because that is you will want to do after reading this book.
I rate this 2 of 5
Posted by Martin at October 21, 2005 8:34 AM
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