Some History

This adventure started the 9 of May 2005. That was the very first day I went with the bike, everything fixed, and it felt good. But the thoughts of making an adventure, and planning it started before this. I was 16 years old, and I got the idea to cycling through Sweden. I don't remember how I got this idea, but I was thinking of it seriosly. My mother said that it was interesting, but maybe dangerous with all traffic. I talked with my uncle, he thought it was cool and said he knew a guy cycling from Sweden to Italy. I thought it's crazy! I'll just cycle through Sweden. After all this journey was never made. I realized that I should know more things before I can go, and I wanted to succeed with this, so I started to read about it on the internet. I read books from the Swedish adventurer Mikael Strandberg, a swede who has cycled long distances, the book from Goran Kropp, a swede who cycled from Sweden to Himalaya where he climbed Mount Everest solo and without oxygen, then he cycled home to Sweden again. I can't forget to mention the book of Ola Skinnarmo when he ski to the southpole solo as the first swedish. Then Goran Kropp and Ola Skinnarmo tried to ski to the North Pole, but only Skinnarmo made it to the Pole, Kropp had to return. Goran Kropp died for a couple of years ago. He was a great adventurer. Reading books like this and collecting more information about making my adventure with the bike gave me more knowledge and inspiration.

Some links :
Mikael Strandberg http://www.strandberg.se
Göran Kropp http://www.nepal-dia.de/Aktuelle_Lage_/ Goran_Kropp/goran_kropp.html
Ola Skinnarmo http://www.skinnarmo.com