Twice Sjaak drove into the cold, but the real extreme thing he searched for was according to his feeling not there!

Therefore, together with Doris Wiedemann whom he knew from previous trips, he worked out a winter ride from Key West in Florida, the southernmost point of continental United States, to Alaskan Deadhorse, its northernmost point accessible by road.

The bikes were shipped ahead by MOL-Logistics and on New year's day 2009 they flew to New York.

A few days later they were on their way towards Florida. Sjaak with his Yamaha R1 and Doris with a BMW F800 GS..

On the island of Key West the ride got its official start.

Then the couple drove through the Everglades and across the mighty Mississippi towards the (wild) west.

Once they had ‘seen’ the Grand Canyon, they went to California to visit Dave Barr who has travelled around the world on a Harley after both his legs were amputated!

After visiting Ted Simon who rounded the earth in the 70’s on a Triumph, they drove through Redwood forests towards Seattle. There they stayed a week at Touratech USA to bring their bikes into winter setting. With that done, they crossed the Canadian border and it was only then that the real adventure started.