RACING WITH THE MAD MEN

In the art of self immortalizing ones statue in the book of records, one realizes that the amount of effort in immortalizing oneself maybe more of a feat of over coming one's fear of adventure, pain, and self motivation. That is exactly what a friend of mine did this past summer 2016.

In an act of inspiration, and self motivation to help his fellow man, one man and around 69 other of his comrades took to the roads, hills, and plains to journey across country to obtain glory, self preservation, a patch on one's jacket, and to raise as much money as one can to persevere a piece of ground that has been inhibited for hundreds of years by the Hoka Hey Indian Tribe, and pasted down for generations to come, a better way of life to prosper, and grow.

As some Harley Davidson riders might have heard of the Hoka Hey Challenge, it is of meaning of ICIMANI... The journey begins... and continues.

This challenge has been going on for several years now with 2016, as a riders challenge of strength and physical limitations of each, except the challenge. The rules are pretty simple... No cell phones, No hotels, No GPS, No major highways or interchanges, paper maps or word of mouth for a short cut is adorn, and the rider has to sleep with his or her ride during the duration of the trip.

Basically no modern communications as we are accustom to in our daily grind, day in and day out. The trip is broken down to several easy steps that are simple to understand. The ride itself is a midst 10,000+ miles from California to New York, with check points along the way. Miss the check point and you either start over, or from the last check point. Any tickets along the way and your disqualified on the spot, no questions asked. Failure to follow the specified route within reason and your out again.

So, why would any one man, woman or man's best friend want to make this ride. Well for one thing you become one of those tough guys or gals to start. This is not your local poker run so to speak. You will travel some of the hardest roads and country a rider could get himself lost in. You will fight the elements of rain, snow, wind, hot, and cold sometimes with just the shirt on your back and may not sleep for days on end to survive the journey to the end.

Many have tried, and many have failed, even those with the experience of completing the journey in the past have failed on a second, third, or more. It is a clean slate each run, no one has an advantage other than those that can tell the tails of their first run, and made it to the finish line in 10-12 days or more like a month to finish.

There are no winners here, only warriors that except the challenge and live to tell about it. The real winners are the Hoka Hey Indian Tribe that will benefit with funds that are raised by the riders in the challenge.

As time will go, so passes another challenge in 2016. The journey starts here for my friend David, self motivated and a warrior in his own way to accept the challenge of the Hoka Hey. These are few notes from a self documentary on David and his Hoka Hey Challenge,      "In the wind 2016."