MAP of the Ride Across the Americas || Road Journal (Blog)
Riding to the Moon's first trip was a long-distance adventure motorcycle ride from Los Angeles, California to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, the southernmost permanent settlement in the world. Through deserts and jungles, over rushing rivers and snowy mountain passes, along smooth asphalt roads and rutted muddy dirt roads, from sea-level to the majestic heights of the Andes, dual-sport Kawasaki motorcycles will carry the riders to the fabled end of the road.
The ride was undertaken by five friends—David Baumgarten, Alex Bisarello, Gary Kout, Jason Martin, and Jim Sowers—who wanted to combine their love of life, motorcycling, and travel. Quadrilingual and multinational, the group possessed the diverse skills and talents necessary to successfully complete this long, adventurous journey.
The ride began in early November of 1996 in the United States (and Canada) and continued through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Equador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. When all of the last of the riders reached Ushuaia, approximately 4 months and 14,000 miles later, the first Riding to the Moon Motorcycle Benefit Expedition was successfully completed.
[* Note that the map does not include the return routes of the riders after reaching Ushuaia, Argentina—which in the case of Jason Martin included riding BACK to Canada.]
