Pointed at this article by an e-quaintance. It was a tough read for me, but worth it.
Searching for Spadino (http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/811/15803/Motorcycle-Article/Backmarker--Searching-for-Spadino.aspx)
Definitely worth it.
wow
Chills.
RIP guy. You don't have to live large to be great.
Mark Gardiner also did this, which was pretty compelling in a different way
http://www.onemansisland.com/home.htm (http://www.onemansisland.com/home.htm)
but agreed...great link/story!
Thats something else...
Great find, Mark is a good writer. I enjoy anyone who is willing to dig in as deep as he does!
Excellent piece.
Good story and message. I have been through that tunnel not too long after it reopened, and it was a bad feeling thinking about what happened in there. I had never heard of the motorcyclist though.
mitt
that was a chilling, beautiful story
Great story.
WoW! I have chills. Thanks for sharing!
[thumbsup]
Most excellent!
LA
Thanks.
(UPDATED: sorry, wrong tunnel
I was just there, by the tunnel opening, but not sure if I found the right spot...
Anyway
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/Alps%202013/DSC00218_zpsf3907ee5.jpg)
Thanks for that!
WTF ???
https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/spadino-redux-what-if-the-best-story-you-ever-wrote-was-wrong
That's gotta sting. At least he cleared it up as best he could.
“Realistically though, I probably never will find that first reporter or try to pin him down. So I'll just try to forget that the best writing I've ever done was, unfortunately, not very good journalism.“
The OP's link is broken, so ...... http://backmarker-bikewriter.blogspot.com/2011/03/searching-for-spadino.html